The persistent incompatibility between General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, manifested in pathological singularities, irreconcilable cosmological tensions, and the ad hoc postulation of dark matter, demands a definitive abandonment of the dogma of the spacetime continuum, consummating the final suspicion of Riemann and Einstein regarding the ultimate granularity of geometry. This article presents the Z-Canvas Theory, a unified ontological framework where Riemannian geometry and the fields of the Standard Model are not fundamental entities, but emergent macroscopic phenomena arising from the thermodynamics of a discrete and stochastic causal graph. The architecture of this network operates under a strict three-layer hierarchy—ballistic injection, unitary topology, and dissipation—governed at its core by the Master Equation of Z. We demonstrate analytically that this dissipative superoperator purges the critical tension of local quantum entanglement, censoring gravitational divergences to naturally elude the Big Bang singularity and the collapse of black holes, while geometrically deriving the gauge groups as the only topological holonomies stable against dissipation. To break the predictive stagnation of quantum gravity, the theory subjects its validity to direct empirical refutation through strict numerical bounds: it predicts an analytical exponent for the holographic interferometric noise floor (=1/2) verifiable in next-generation observatories, and a fractional index (s=1/2) that engenders galactic kinematics without requiring non-baryonic dark matter. Likewise, the topological cooling of the network and its elasticity limit analytically resolve the cosmic Hubble Tension and the proton volumetric anomaly under muonic probes. Gravity is ultimately redefined here as the unavoidable hydrodynamics of quantum information subjected to strict thermodynamic selection.
Alejandro Carrasco (2026) studied this question.