Here are 20 challenging questions, framed for a "20 Questions" game, designed to probe the Autaxys framework from a physics paradigm perspective. These questions aim to highlight areas where the pattern-based ontology of Autaxys would need to provide specific, testable, and quantitative explanations that differentiate it from conventional physical materialism. --- **20 Questions for Autaxys: Probing the Pattern-Based Universe** 1. **Quantitative Derivation of Constants:** Can Autaxys precisely and quantitatively derive the specific values of fundamental physical constants (e.g., the fine-structure constant, electron mass, gravitational constant) from its proto-properties, $L_A$ parameters, and algorithmic rules, rather than treating them as empirical inputs? 2. **Testable Nature of Proto-properties:** How could the "proto-properties" of distinctions and relations, described as pre-physical, be experimentally or observationally identified, measured, or rigorously inferred through their emergent physical consequences, beyond simply stating their existence? 3. **Physical Mechanism of State Selection:** What is the specific, physical (or computational-physical) mechanism by which the Autaxic Action Principle selects the "optimal" next state of the ARG from an "immense phase space of possibilities" in a computationally bounded and physically consistent manner, without violating causality? 4. **Distinctive Signatures of Exploration Drive:** What unique, observable signatures would the "Exploration Drive" leave in the universe's evolution or current structure that could definitively distinguish it from purely stochastic or quantum random processes as understood in conventional physics? 5. **Predicting Fundamental Particle Spectra:** Does Autaxys predict a unique, finite, and complete spectrum of stable emergent patterns (the "Autaxic Table") that precisely matches the Standard Model's particle content, and can it definitively rule out other theoretically possible, but unobserved, patterns? 6. **Novel Dark Matter Signatures:** Beyond generic gravitational interaction, what specific, non-gravitational interaction channels or decay products are predicted for hypothetical "autons" or "structurons" (Autaxys's dark matter candidates), derived from their AQNs, allowing for their unique experimental detection? 7. **Emergent Spacetime Granularity Observables:** What concrete, measurable deviations from continuum spacetime (e.g., specific variations in light speed at extreme energies, distinct gravitational wave dispersion, or altered spacetime foam properties) does the ARG's fundamental granularity predict that differ from other quantum gravity theories? 8. **Reconciling Information and Energy Conservation:** How does Autaxys rigorously ensure the conservation of emergent "energy" (Complexity AQN) and "momentum" within its framework, given that these are emergent properties of a constantly transforming information graph, particularly when distinctions/relations are created or destroyed? 9. **Measurement Problem Resolution (Internal):** What specific internal ARG dynamics, without invoking an external observer or consciousness, deterministically or probabilistically forces a "superposition of potential ontological closures" to resolve into a single definite state upon "measurement"? 10. **Testable Multiverse Interactions:** If a multiverse arises from "global ontological closure" allowing causally disconnected networks, are there any predicted, albeit subtle or indirect, *observable interactions* or *reverberations* between these distinct universes that could be detected from within our own? 11. **Nature of Vacuum State Energy:** How does the "relational tension" or "zero-point energy of the vacuum state (S₀)" in Autaxys quantitatively give rise to the observed dark energy density, and does it offer a mechanism for its potential evolution over cosmic time? 12. **Relational Defects as Testable Anomalies:** What are the specific morphological or statistical signatures (e.g., in CMB, large-scale structure, or gravitational lensing) that would distinguish "relational defects" from cosmic strings or other topological defects predicted by conventional field theories? 13. **Deriving Fundamental Force Strengths:** How does Autaxys computationally derive the precise relative strengths of the four fundamental forces (electromagnetic, weak, strong, gravitational) from the underlying proto-property interactions and the functional form of the Autaxic Lagrangian? 14. **Uncertainty Principle's Relational Origin:** How does the "fundamental granularity of relational processing" quantitatively limit the simultaneous precise knowledge of conjugate properties (e.g., Complexity and Topology AQNs), leading to the specific mathematical form of the Uncertainty Principle observed in quantum mechanics? 15. **Predicting New Conservation Laws:** Are there any novel conservation laws predicted by Autaxys, arising from previously unrecognized symmetries in its fundamental principles or AGRS rules, that are not present in the Standard Model? 16. **Black Hole Information Paradox:** How does Autaxys reconcile the apparent loss of information in black holes (interpreted as regions of "computational limits" within the relational network) with the fundamental principle of information conservation inherent in a computational universe? 17. **Differentiating Tunneling Mechanisms:** What specific experimental tests or observations could distinguish Autaxys's "computational shortcut" explanation for quantum tunneling from the wave-function propagation explanation in standard quantum mechanics, particularly in novel or complex scenarios? 18. **The Universe's "Computational Clock":** Does the "flow of time" as "accumulated change" or "computational steps" within the ARG imply a universal "computational clock," and if so, how does this relate to or differ from the conventional relativistic proper time experienced by observers within emergent spacetime? 19. **Constraints on ARG Growth/Complexity:** What specific Autaxic Principles or $L_A$ terms prevent the Attributed Relational Graph from growing infinitely complex or dense in a way that would lead to a computational singularity or instability that prohibits coherent emergent reality? 20. **Reversibility/Irreversibility of ARG Dynamics:** Are the fundamental graph rewriting rules and $L_A$ optimization processes inherently reversible, implying a conserved information content, or is there an irreducible element of irreversibility (akin to entropy increase) built into the Autaxys framework, and what are its observable consequences?