Dear Jonathan,
There are more different kinds of "dimension", and one should be careful not to mix them. For example, in CDT the topological and geometric dimensions are always 4 (there are only 4-simplices there), and what changes is the "spectral dimension", which is a totally different kind of food. Also, topological dimension is not the same as metric dimension. They can be confounded if one is not careful about "assumption 2". But in fact they are distinct, as distinct are topology and geometry. The singularities I studied and proved to be benign include standard FLRW and black hole singularities. If you think that quantum geometry contradicts my results, you should have a proof that quantum geometry never runs into singularities. This will make the supporters of quantum geometry happy.
Best regards,
Cristi