Quantum Entanglement Without Wormholes: A Structural Account via the ISR/VPR Framework — What the ∞ at the Planck Scale Is Pointing Toward

This paper applies the ISR/VPR framework (introduced in IVRP-01, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22730176) to the non-locality of quantum entanglement. HYPOTHESIS: Distance is a VPR (Visible Phenomenal Realm) concept. The ISR (Invisible Source Realm) contains neither time nor space. Therefore: d_ISR(x,y) = 0 for all x,y in the VPR This is not an axiom. It is a structural consequence of the spacetime generative process: space (TO KO RO) and time (TO KI) are generated at the ISR/VPR integration point (TO). What precedes that generation — the ISR — exists prior to spacetime. Distance inherits this absence. STRUCTURAL ACCOUNT: What are billions of light-years apart in the VPR are, from the ISR, adjacent. The non-local correlation of quantum entanglement is not a paradox — it is the structural consequence of an interface (U) operating through a domain where distance is absent. ON WORMHOLES: The ER=EPR conjecture is the most coherent VPR-only answer to entanglement. Wormholes are what VPR-only physics invents when it needs to explain what the ISR already provides: a domain where distance does not exist. The ∞ appearing at the Planck scale in wormhole formalization (as proposed in IVRP-01) is not a computational breakdown — it is the signal that the VPR description has reached the boundary of the ISR. CRITIQUE/FALSIFIABILITY: Each interpretation is accompanied by its anticipated scientific objections and a structural response. AI COLLABORATION: Developed in iterative collaboration with Claude (Anthropic). SOURCE DISCLOSURE: The ISR/VPR framework derives from Katakamuna — an ancient Japanese descriptive system of 48 geometrically defined Sonic Elements and 80 Verses. The spacetime generative process referenced above is analysed in GIP-KV-08-2026 (j-katakamuna.com). SERIES: Second paper in the ISR/VPR Research Paper Series. See IVRP-01 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22730176) for the foundational framework.