Why the Speed of Light Is Invariant: A Tick-Based Interpretation of a Fixed Per-Update Propagation Bound

Title (preprint): Why the Speed of Light Is Invariant: A Tick-Based Interpretation of a Fixed Per-Update Propagation Bound

This record hosts a pre-submission, pre-edit preprint of the manuscript. The work proposes a conservative reinterpretation of the invariant speed ccc as a fixed per-update (per-tick) propagation bound in a discrete update framework, and discusses how Lorentz-type coordinate resampling emerges from preserving the macroscopic causal slope.

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Disclaimer (ISTP): Do not elevate the framework into an idol by treating it as unquestionable. The ISTP approach is presented under the assumption of refutability and should be adopted only as long as it survives attempts to falsify it.