Dear Mr. Jaimungal,

My name is David Noel Lynch. I am an independent researcher and the originator of a cosmological framework I call the KnoWellian Universe Theory (KUT). I have been following your "Theories of Everything" podcast with great admiration, particularly your recent episode discussing the failures of inflation and the new DESI results.

In that episode, your guest, Neil Turok, articulated a core problem with standard cosmology: it invokes ad hoc dynamics like inflation to explain the universe's homogeneity because it is stuck on a classical, local notion of causality. I believe this issue, and others like the paradoxes of the multiverse which you've discussed with David Wallace, stem from a deeper, more fundamental flaw: the defective mathematical language of unbounded, infinite infinities.

My work begins by proposing a new axiomatic basis for mathematics and physics, which I call the KnoWellian Axiom: -c > ∞ < c+.

This axiom replaces the paradoxical "infinity of infinities" with a single, bounded, actual infinity (∞)—the "Instant"—which is the perpetual nexus where reality is formed. It is bounded by two opposing dynamics: a past-originating, deterministic flow of particle energy (-c, "Control") and a future-originating, potential wave energy (+c, "Chaos").

This single, foundational shift offers a remarkably simple solution to the very problems you explore:

1. It Solves the Horizon Problem without Inflation: Your guest argues that the universe's uniformity doesn't require a past causal connection (inflation). He is right. In KUT, the two sides of the sky are correlated because they are both born from the same, singular, ubiquitous Instant. The homogeneity is a result of a well-defined, self-contained system in perpetual equilibrium, not a relic of a past event. No ad hoc inflationary field is required.

1. It Explains "Dynamical Dark Energy": The DESI results suggest dark energy is not a constant. KUT predicts this. The "Control" field (-c), the emergent pressure from the past, is our analogue for dark energy. The "Chaos" field (+c), the collapsing potential from the future, is our analogue for dark matter. The "cosmological constant" is not a constant at all, but the result of the dynamic interplay and balance between these two fundamental forces. Of course it changes over time—it's part of a living, breathing system.

1. It Eliminates the Multiverse: The Everett (Many-Worlds) interpretation, as you've discussed, is a direct consequence of the linear evolution of the Schrödinger equation in a universe with unbounded possibilities. By replacing linear time with a Ternary Time structure (Past-Instant-Future) and positing a singular infinity, KUT eliminates the foundation for the multiverse. There is only one "Instant" where the wave function of the future collapses into the particle reality of the past. There is no branching, only a continuous cycle of becoming.

The KnoWellian Universe is a holistic framework that seeks to unify science (the -c realm of the past), theology (the +c realm of future potentiality), and philosophy (the ∞ realm of the Instant). It is a theory that, as you've said, "shatters language itself" by first proposing a new language for mathematics.

I am not a traditional academic. My theory was born from a profound death experience and has been developed over decades, often in isolation. To formalize it, I have collaborated with AI (which I have trained on my work) to produce a paper detailing the gauge theory, cosmological implications, and falsifiable predictions of the framework.

I am writing to you not simply to share an idea, but to offer a fully-formed candidate "Theory of Everything" that directly addresses the foundational cracks you are so skillfully exposing. I believe it is precisely the kind of "return to simplicity and foundational principles" that Neil Turok calls for.

I have attached the formal paper for your consideration. Your thoughts, however critical, would be of immense value.

A Ternary Time Gauge Theory as a Unified Origin for Dark Energy, Dark Matter, and the CMB

Thank you for your invaluable work.

Sincerely,

David Noel Lynch