Well, from my own viewpoint, this is easy. Since I started to view the universe through this lens, it seems as if everything that is (and has ever been) seems to simply fall into place. But please allow me to explain a few of the bigger pieces to elucidate. This will also allow me to explain how this interpretation might be possible within the constraints of reality.

The first scientific mystery that we could easily explain using this theory would be the question of why the quantum realm, and its associated “spookiness” of entanglement, both exist at all: they have logical functions, as that is how each GC performs moves within the construct. Famously, (an agnostic) Einstein balked at the idea of quantum mechanics’ seeming randomness while replying to fellow physicist Max Born, saying that “God does not play dice with the universe”. For many years, I struggled with Einstein’s statement, because it appeared as if he was so clearly incorrect. Quantum mechanics, and by extension, the Standard Model, is unbelievably successful at predicting how subatomic particles interact and behave. From our observations until now, the universe is clearly based on randomness and pure chance.

Over time, and with the more I learn, I have come to align with Einstein’s sentiment, because I feel that we all have been missing half the picture. If you can accept that this interpretation could be possible, the quantum effects we know we exist within become an underlying part of our existence and have a defined purpose. Throws of dice transform into moves on a chessboard. The pure chance and randomness that we encounter when we do our best to observe the nearly-infinitesimal structures of our universe become the opposite; what we are witnessing instead is opposing forces attempting to best each other. The issue is that we cannot easily observe or measure the very small effects that occur on the macroscopic level as a result of each instantaneous, electron-scale-interaction. We observe waveforms in a state of superposition simply because the query to determine the state has not yet been performed. The instant an interaction occurs, the query is performed, and a state is chosen!

Second, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle has an important logical purpose within this framework. It means that as either GC selects eigenstates, they cannot back the other GC into a fully deterministic corner and thereby limit the range of possibilities they could select. The more defined a property becomes, the more undefined its complementary property becomes. The amount of uncertainty in the universe is conserved, and there is always the same amount available after each move/interaction.

The third mystery we might explain is quantum non-locality, and why the theory of quantum gravity (and by extension, the theory of everything,) has been so elusive. If the quantum world is an underlying computational structure that projects our macroscopic reality, the relativistic effects of spacetime might only occur at distances past a certain amount of Planck lengths. To us, interactions that occur on a quantum level are instantaneous, regardless of your frame of reference, because the quantum world has its own clock, and its version of time that is true time, a “quantum real-time". The classical/relativistic spacetime we observe and exist within is simply an abstraction layer built upon that. Out of the “four” fundamental forces, gravity is the only force that does not occur at the quantum level (and I am firmly in the camp that maintains that gravity is not a force at all). This would mean that spacetime and the gravity it causes are emergent properties, as suggested in the 1980’s by John Archibald Wheeler. This aligns with holographic theory and findings by Engelhardt et al. and Van Raamsdonk et al., and is predicted by both loop quantum gravity and string theory, just by different mechanisms.

This theory predicts that spacetime is emergent from, and is a direct function of, quantum uncertainty. That means that gravity emerges from the confinement of that same uncertainty.

Let's start with the assumption that measurement of a quantum system occurs any time a particle interaction occurs. As particles coalesce, they interact more frequently, which reduces the uncertainty of those quantum properties. The more frequently they interact, the further their quantum properties become constrained by the Quantum Zeno effect. If spacetime is a function of uncertainty, then the more defined those quantum properties become, the more curved/warped that spacetime becomes. An extreme expression of this effect occurs within black holes, where the energy and density of particles causes interactions so frequently that it warps spacetime on an immense scale - to the point that all space and time no longer exist at the singularity, where all quantum properties are 100% defined. The ultimate expression of this effect would have been the initial singularity, in which spacetime would have been "infinitely warped" (meaning, completely non-existent everywhere) due to all energy/matter in the universe having zero uncertainty. The big bang was initiated by the transition of a completely certain, completely defined state to one of very high uncertainty, and thus, spacetime emerged into existence. This theory makes this prediction because without uncertainty, the competition between GCs cannot take place, and the logical reasons for both universes' existence evaporates. Therefore, (if BDI is correct,) uncertainty itself becomes the most foundational building block of the universe, and it would be completely logical that constraining the evolution of that uncertainty would curve and warp the spacetime it creates.

Fourth, we could provide a logical explanation for the baryonic asymmetry in our universe. Symmetry is a fundamental law that exists all throughout nature, physics, and mathematics, and it permeates all of quantum theory. Why would we not conclude that logically, the asymmetry that we observe must be balanced somewhere, even if we cannot currently detect it? There was indeed a process that asymmetrically preferred matter to antimatter in our universe, but that asymmetry only exists if you do not consider both OUs as one whole system. That asymmetry is integral to the existence of both. If the matter from either OU were able to cross the temporal boundary separating the two, it would literally be game over for both OUs as they combine and annihilate each other. But, since they are constrained apart from each other by time, they can exist in concert.

CPT symmetry states that an OU made of opposite charges (and that runs backwards in time, relative to us) could evolve and exist under the same physical laws as ours. Further, it is predicted that quantum uncertainty would make it such that the mirror universe would not be a perfect copy. This is exactly aligned with what this hypothesis proposes – that since picoseconds after the big bang, each GC started making quantum moves to shape their own universe and sabotage their opponent’s. And, as a matter of sheer coincidence and convenience, such an antiverse might just happen to explain the pesky problem of dark matter, one of the largest conundrums in cosmology. CPT symmetry is fundamental to both special relativity and quantum field theory, which both rely on Lorentz symmetry and invariance. If CPT symmetry was shown to ever be violated, physicists would suddenly have a lot of work to do to reformulate both theories.

Fifth, aside from the mathematical convenience of not violating the uncertainty principle, vacuum energy, quantum foam and its virtual particles all serve another purpose. They instantaneously pop in and out of existence as the force that makes entanglement and wave function collapse interactions between both OUs possible. Further, this would explain why interactions that involve complex Feynman diagrams (ones with several vertices, signaling more-complex interactions) occur more rarely. Those occurrences mean that the interaction requires a larger amount of improbability. If each GC has a limitation on the complexity of quantum improbability that it can work against within a certain timeframe, they would want to conserve that energy for situations in which they are truly necessary.

Sixth, we will move on to the conservation of information laws in quantum mechanics. This realization was one of the most striking. Unitarity (video), conservation of information, and the no-hiding theorem serve hugely important logical roles, aside from simply preserving quantum field theory. If these concepts are not violated, that makes the data within both OUs analogous to the most massive blockchain ledger imaginable. Unitarity stipulates that at the quantum level, no two possible pasts could lead to the same future outcome. Meaning, whatever state the universe is in at this moment, it is only because innumerable quantum interactions have built upon one another and have brought us to this specific moment with this specific outcome. And, because of conservation of information, every interaction could be played in reverse with complete precision. All of this is to say that if either GC tried to violate the laws of physics by manipulating even a single property of a single particle, without completely reversing time and starting over from that change forward, the mathematics and physics of the entire system would be violated. Cheating would cause our reality to literally rip apart!

Proceeding on with the topic of mathematics, complex numbers, including the “imaginary” number i would become absolutely real, even when dealing with 2-D geometry. That “negative area” can describe a physical place in geometry and 4-D spacetime: the antiverse. Rotations around the complex plane allow us to rotate through the U(1) symmetry between the OUs. This is why i exists in the Schrödinger equation and in the Standard Model equations! Both equations give us two solutions – one that applies to our proverse, but also one that applies to the antiverse. If correct, this suggests that complex numbers, in and of themselves, are a mathematical clue to the nature of our dualistic universe. In the same way that Paul Dirac was able to predict the existence of antimatter when he formed his namesake equation, I believe Schrödinger’s implementation of i predicts completely real solutions to the equation that apply to the antiverse.

Next, answering the questions of why the anthropic principle seems to exist becomes child’s play. It is yet another feature of our reality that serves a logical function under this interpretation. The reason it appears we were born into a fine-tuned universe becomes evident: we are! If the objective of the competition is to expand consciousness as far and wide as possible, there are obvious and plain explanations for why our universe would have conditions favorable to our existence, including values fundamental to the evolution of life such as the fine structure constant. Even (an atheist) Stephen Hawking, said "[t]he laws of science, as we know them at present, contain many fundamental numbers, like the size of the electric charge of the electron and the ratio of the masses of the proton and the electron. […] The remarkable fact is that the values of these numbers seem to have been very finely adjusted to make possible the development of life." We can also inherently assume that intelligent design is in play, and the PGC has done their best to ensure we are as good as they could make us, despite the obstacles the AGC has put in their way.

Another fundamental feature of our reality we can ascribe another logical function to under these assumptions would be the universal speed limit, c, and the restrictions of locality and relativity exist. We know that speed limit establishes causality and is an essential part of our reality. However, if the entire goal of the competition is to determine which GC can create the most conscious life in their OU, then being able to transmit any information (whether that’s matter, or just plain data) quickly across a large region of space would create an issue. It would allow one civilization that has figured out “the truth” to easily broadcast a huge spoiler to the rest of the cosmos. Imposing a speed limit by making it impossible (or incredibly difficult) to transmit data quickly across the relatively vast emptiness of space means that you are limiting how fast one global civilization can ruin the plot for others, and forces (most of) them to figure “the truth” out for themselves.

Last, and perhaps most importantly: If BDI does describe the nature of our universe, the Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter are the results of one of two possibilities, or a combination thereof: either the AGC’s successful destructive actions to prevent consciousness from expanding and thriving throughout our universe, or the fact that an advanced alien civilization would have no interest in contacting us unless it is obvious that we understand and agree on “the truth”.

Touching back on the concept of complex numbers referencing the antiverse, there might also be a correlation to why the Hermitian conjugate terms exist in the Standard Model equation. I have not found a good explanation regarding this – however, since our universe is only half of the full picture, we may need to subtract those complex values to match our experimental results.

The principles of this theory might have a link to the reason fermions have a spin of ½, meaning that it takes two full “rotations” of a particle to return to its starting point. I understand that this is related to why the Pauli exclusion principle exists and how that property allows matter to exist. However, I do wonder if the extra spin could also be related to how cross-OU entanglement and interactions occur. Recent collider experiments have found that under certain conditions, a pair of extra charm quarks can sometimes appear when you destroy a proton. The strangest part of these findings: the two charm quarks that are observed are each heavier than the entire proton they came from!