AX-003: Information Primacy
Statement (one sentence)
Distinguishability is information, and information is ontologically fundamental to any describable reality.
Intended meaning (2-5 sentences)
This axiom commits the framework to treat informational structure as a primary explanatory layer rather than a mere byproduct of matter-talk. It is an ordering commitment: later constructs must reduce, not bypass, the informational content required to specify states and laws.
What this is NOT claiming
- Not a proof of any particular “it from bit” program.
- Not that information exists without instantiation (see AX-005).
Downstream commitments
- Any “law” or “entity” introduced later must be specifiable in informational terms.