Quantum and the End of the Universe: A Homeostatic Framework for Cosmological Coherence

This paper proposes a fundamental reconceptualization of cosmological structure through the lens of quantum homeostasis. We argue that the Big Bang, cosmic inflation, and eventual cosmological collapse are best understood not as brute-force energetic events but as phases of relational coherence transition within a multitemporal topological structure. Drawing on the Homeostatic Adaptive Teaming Intelligence (HATI) framework, we demonstrate that quantum coherence and biological homeostasis represent the same structural principle operating at different scales: the maintenance of relational alignment under perturbation. The universe's large-scale topology is modelled as non-orientable and continuous in time, analogous to a Möbius strip, where what standard cosmology treats as beginnings and endings are revealed as local coordinate features within a globally continuous temporal manifold. This framework removes the need for observer-dependent collapse theories, simulation hypotheses, and multiverse ontologies by relocating apparent plurality from parallel worlds to multiple temporal orientations within a single reality. The thesis offers a common-sense approach to cosmology that can be communicated at any level of complexity without invoking consciousness, mysticism, or metaphysical singularities. Keywords: quantum homeostasis, decoherence, cosmological coherence, multitemporal topology, HATI framework, relational time, non-orientable spacetime