By John Crowell I am adding these comments to answer questions I am receiving from the essay contestants. It is a broadening of the SSC theory that goes beyond the physical aspects of this contest. However, it covers what people are asking about.
1. The ontology-"being"- that is the basis of "all of the order in existence" is the C*s to SSCU transformation described in the appendix of my essay. This is the irreducible beginning. It converts chaos to order and produces the lowest level of SSC order that survives -SSCU. The SSCU survives, self replicates-converts chaos to SSCUs, the copies self organize, repeat the processing and progress to eventually become "all of the order in existence".
2. These two processes become (complete) the overall SSC processing/results. The combination of the three components a. the C*s to SSCU transformation b. the self replication c. the self organizing of the copies and their results 4. "all of the order in existence is the -creating/created/creator- ontological "being" that is present in every unit of progression in the SSC.
3.The C*s to SSCU transformation of chaos to order begins with the formation of a vortex that becomes Planck actions that become the variables/ relationships of time, space, mass, speed and direction that become the form(s)ing and function(s)ing of the SSCU. That transformation is the irreducible level of SSC. This is the "foundational level" that scales up to become the physical and chemical world.
4. The SSCU self replicating to create copies and the copies self organizing is the "foundational level" of the SSC self replicating/self organizing "worlds" of biology and its progression to become the biological/psychological progression of simple animals to humans.
Continued in the next posting.