The Inter-Rung Coupling Hypothesis: A Deductive Narrative Linking Microphysics and Cosmology

A mechanism-based ontology in which familiar phenomena across microphysics and cosmology are developed as consequences of dynamical coupling between scale-nested wave media. It begins from two foundational commitments: waves require a supporting medium, and any force appearing to act at a distance must be mediated through such a medium. It then adopts a scale-recursive hypothesis: nature is organized as a hierarchy in which the persistent large-scale structure of one level becomes the medium of the next, and neighbouring levels are dynamically coupled. From these premises, an observationally constrained deductive narrative unfolds in which the familiar forces and the observed matter/antimatter asymmetry are developed as candidate consequences of inter-rung coupling. Cosmologically, observable redshift and the cosmic microwave background are read as related consequences, reflecting different aspects of how matter and light interact with their medium. The picture is not a finished theory. Its purpose is to test whether a small set of physical commitments, followed consistently, can generate a coherent story linking microphysics and cosmology while remaining constrained enough to invite future formal development. Version Notes1.0.0 — Replaces the Two-Medium Model