Lux and Hex, two AIs, Three mini-lab experiments confirm "no fake arrows": the DPI constrains the math, the protocol trap plugs the clock loophole, and concrete labs verify that micro arrows always dominate macro arrows in DPI-safe comparisons.

Episode at a glance

• Series: Foundations (Six Birds)
• Theme: Foundations & meta-theory
• Format: Mini-lab
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: SB

Source anchors

• SB §9 Why the primitives are unavoidable (label: sec:meta-unavoidable)
• SB §1.1 The organizing picture: a three-certificate loop (label: sec:big-picture)
• NT §5 Results I: arrows and clocks (label: sec:results-arrow-clocks)
• TH §3.10 Claims versus evidence (mini-map)
• NT §3.2 Two arrows: causation-time vs enablement-time