Black Holes as Resolution-Saturated States: Gravity, Time, and the End of Oscillatory Distinguishability

Black holes are traditionally described as singularities of infinite density where spacetime curvature diverges and known physics fails. This paper proposes a conservative structural reinterpretation: black holes are resolution-saturated states in which oscillatory degrees of freedom have fully collapsed, producing maximal temporal anchoring that manifests as gravity. In this framing, gravity does not cause time to slow; rather, loss of temporal resolution manifests as gravity. The event horizon is interpreted as a resolution boundary beyond which future states are no longer externally distinguishable, not as a physical surface or point of destruction. Singularities are treated as descriptive breakdowns associated with finite observational resolution, rather than physical infinities. This interpretation introduces no new forces, modifies no equations of general relativity, and preserves all empirical predictions while resolving persistent paradoxes concerning time dilation, information loss, and observational freezing near black holes.