This paper proposes that actively regulated growth systems — from mammalian cells to giant single-celled organisms to the observable universe — converge on a shared three-component architecture (~70% passive expansion medium, ~25% structural scaffold, ~5% active machinery) and a conserved set of organisational features. The framework generates 12 testable predictions, of which 3 are unique. One prediction (Einasto shape parameter match for microtubule density) was pre-registered, tested against real data from the Allen Cell Explorer, and falsified — the negative result is reported in full. The strongest thread identifies black holes as cosmic lysosomes, supported by Bluck et al. (2023) finding that black hole mass — not accretion rate — predicts galaxy quenching, mirroring mTOR regulation precisely. Research conducted using Claude (Anthropic) under a custom research protocol; supplementary materials include all analysis code, pre-registration, and raw data the negative result is reported in full. The strongest thread identifies black holes as cosmic lysosomes, supported by Bluck et al. (2023) finding that black hole mass — not accretion rate — predicts galaxy quenching, mirroring mTOR regulation precisely. All analysis code, pre-registration documents, and raw data are available as supplementary material. Full methodology — including the custom research protocol, adversarial review process, and LLM-assisted analysis pipeline — is documented in the paper and supplementary timeline.
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