Hard · Wheeler · participatory circuit
Participant
It from bit. Looking is not free. The board rewrites when you choose, and the rule can deepen after you think you understand it.
“No phenomenon is a phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.”
Living · tap superposed cells to observe. Neighbors re-open. Layer one seeks coherence. Layer two changes the hidden rule so a first model can break. Soft: you literally create the universe by tapping.
Soft off · game as proof of solipsism