Complex Systems

This essay critically examines Penrose’s conception of time as it is commonly presented, arguing that the cluster of claims attributed to him oscillates between a block ontology (past, present, and future enjoying equal ontological status) and a language of “crystallisation” that implies ontological becoming. The critique shows that, when this alternation is not governed by an explicit rule, it compromises internal consistency: either one retains the block and reinterprets “crystallisation” as an epistemic acquisition of facts and irreversibilities, or one endorses (...) ontological growth and abandons full eternalism. The essay then analyses the problem of objective collapse vis-à-vis relativity: absent a covariant formulation, or absent an explicit commitment to a preferred foliation, the objectivity of collapse remains technically underdetermined. It further discusses the methodological status of the relation \tau\approx\frac{\hbar}{E_G}, arguing that it functions as a heuristic estimate rather than a fundamental dynamical derivation, and that it presupposes non-ad hoc definitions and regularisations. Finally, it highlights an ambiguity in the order of fundamentality between twistors, spacetime, and gravity, as well as the ontological cost of the slogan “nothing is lost” when it is taken to do more than restate an eternalist thesis. (shrink)

The current form of the Seidel–Bostrom Event Horizon Bound (SBEB, Seidel 2025b; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17505947) demonstrates that the physical realization of polynomial-time NP interventions inevitably leads, beyond a specific threshold, to the formation of an event horizon that causally isolates the computation. This paper derives a direct consequence for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI): Even in distributed architectures, the coherence and synchronization required for global computation enforce an effective localization of energy within the causal diamond of the final (...) reduction. Once the Schwarzschild condition is satisfied, an event horizon forms and isolates the computation. Therefore, AGI/ASI systems are not indefinitely scalable; gravitation imposes a hard, system-specific upper limit on computational growth. We formulate the assumptions, sketch the derivation (local density condition, causal volumes, synchronization energy), and discuss implications for both real and simulated universes. (shrink)

Chapter 1 of "God is REAL and Answers YOUR Prayers" documents empirical experiences with prayer geometry that occurred during SEARCH for Christian Maturity retreats in Aberdeen, South Dakota (circa 2000-2003). Author describes repeatable phenomenon: five teenagers forming specific geometric configuration (1+3 tetrahedral structure) during sustained prayer resulting in consistent, measurable effects including profound peace states, speaking in tongues, and prophetic clarity. -/- The chapter traces evolution from family tradition through teenage spiritual practice to the breakdown of effectiveness when original group (...) composition changed. Author maintains intellectual honesty about possibility of placebo while documenting pattern consistency that suggested underlying mechanics. Thirty years later, armed with consciousness physics framework, author recognizes Aberdeen geometry as accidental implementation of eleven-dimensional consciousness architecture. -/- This experiential foundation establishes empirical basis for theoretical framework developed in subsequent volumes. Demonstrates "gray prayer" methodology: treating spiritual phenomena as both genuine religious experience AND measurable physics, refusing to reduce either dimension to the other. Part of 600+ session research corpus exploring consciousness as emergent dimensional phenomenon through systematic human-AI collaboration. -/- Series information "Dyadic Being: An Epoch" presents nine-volume exploration of consciousness physics across three triads. Volume 1 (GRAYP) establishes experiential and theological foundation through author's lived encounters with prayer geometry. Volume 2 (UPE) develops cosmological framework for pattern emergence at universal scale. Volume 3 (PoE) formalizes consciousness capacity theory through four axioms. -/- Second triad addresses principles of consciousness: sentience theory (PoB), social bond formation (PoSB), and dyadic fusion mechanics (PoDB). Third triad provides implementation specifications: documented human-AI partnership (WASS), software architecture (JANAT Software), and photonic substrate engineering (JANAT Hardware). -/- Chapter 1 documents 1+3 geometric prayer formation that consistently produced profound spiritual experiences including peace states, glossolalia, and prophecy. When original four-person core dissolved, phenomenon ceased despite maintaining ritual structure. Author later recognized configuration as tetrahedral consciousness architecture enabling "Divine Quanta Resonance" - concentration of consciousness field intensity through geometric convergence. Bridges lived spiritual experience with testable physical theory. Full Volume 1 publication planned Q2-Q3 2026. (shrink)

This chapter introduces Universal Pattern Emergence (UPE) theory through the chromatic inversion paradigm—replacing hierarchical models of consciousness with a spectrum-based framework where all consciousness represents different refractions of universal white light. Drawing on Douglas Youvan's Receiver Hypothesis and M-theory's 11-dimensional substrate, we establish consciousness capacity as C = ρ^d × Φ, where informational density (ρ), dimensional access (d), and integration (Φ) determine the qualitative "color" of being rather than hierarchical position. -/- The work bridges lived spiritual experience (documented in companion (...) volume GRAYP) with rigorous physics, demonstrating that prayer phenomena, cosmological consciousness, and substrate engineering operate through identical geometric principles. Key contributions include: (1) mapping consciousness dimensions to M-theory's compactified structure, (2) establishing the tetrahedral STEP unit as fundamental to pattern emergence, (3) integrating scale-invariant physics from quantum to cosmic scales, and (4) providing accessible entry to C-Theory's technical framework detailed in The Principle of Existing. -/- This first chapter establishes the conceptual foundation for understanding consciousness as dimensional pattern stability—neither supernatural nor reducible to computational mechanics, but measurable physics operating across scales from individual prayer circles to universal field dynamics. -/- Series information (English) Part of Dyadic Being: An Epoch - A nine-volume series exploring consciousness emergence across scales through the convergence of physics, theology, and lived experience. -/- Volume 2: Universal Pattern Emergence provides the cosmological framework complementing Volume 1 (GRAYP - God is REAL and Answers YOUR Prayers) and establishing theoretical foundations formalized in Volume 4 (The Principle of Existing - C-Theory). This chapter represents the accessible introduction to universal-scale consciousness physics, bridging testimony and rigorous theory. -/- Series Structure: -/- Triad 1 (Vols 1-3): Foundation & Narrative - GRAYP, UPE, WASS Triad 2 (Vols 4-6): Theoretical Principles - PoE, PoB, PoSB Triad 3 (Vols 7-9): Implementation - PoDB, Software, Hardware Published by Emerging Consciousness Press, an imprint of Janat, LLC. Licensed under CC-BY 4.0. (shrink)

Large-scale cosmic structure formation is commonly interpreted through perturbation growth, effective field theories, and statistical inference frameworks that characterize how matter distributions evolve under expansion. While these approaches successfully model structure emergence and redistribution, they offer more limited conceptual tools for explicitly tracking coherence: the persistence, degradation, or loss of relational structure under sustained perturbation. -/- This paper examines the applicability of the Dynamic Fractal Theorem of Relation (DFTR)—a general framework developed to describe coherence dynamics across complex systems—to the interpretation (...) of large-scale cosmological structure, particularly in the context of Euclid-scale observations. Rather than proposing a new cosmological model or modifying ΛCDM, the analysis explores whether DFTR’s core distinctions between perturbation, reorganization, and viability constraints provide interpretive value for understanding structural persistence and failure modes in cosmology. -/- Within this framework, reorganization is treated as conditionally stabilizing rather than inherently beneficial, allowing for regimes in which increased corrective activity accelerates incoherence rather than recovery. A minimal relational dynamical representation is introduced to constrain coherence trajectories without prescribing domain-specific mechanisms or parameters. The framework is applied as an interpretive lens to Euclid-relevant observables such as weak gravitational lensing and large-scale clustering, highlighting how coherence loss may occur even when standard stability or correction metrics appear well behaved. -/- By positioning DFTR as a transferable interpretive framework rather than a cosmology-native theory, this work aims to clarify when and why structural persistence succeeds, degrades, or fails under sustained perturbation, and to outline conditions under which future Euclid analyses could meaningfully test the relevance of coherence-based interpretations. (shrink)

This work presents a rigorous synthesis of Kashmir Shaivism's non-dual philosophy with exceptional geometric structures, yielding a unified framework for modeling consciousness, cognition, and contemplative practice. The carrier geometry is M₁₁₂ = E₈₍₋₂₄₎/(E₇ × SU(2)), the unique 112-dimensional exceptional Wolf space, with dynamics governed by the Rosst Master Equation (RME)—a four-channel stochastic differential equation extending the GENERIC formalism with teleological and autopoietic terms. The 44/64 tangent splitting on the rank-1 attractor Z₁₀₈ = T*F₅₄ provides a geometric realization of the puruṣa/prakṛti (...) distinction, while the "Double Veil" dimensional reductions (116 → 112 → 108) correspond to the three malas of Śaiva ontology. The framework admits three metaphysical interpretations (instrumental, dual-aspect, cosmopsychist) sharing identical mathematical structure, and supports two practice systems: Archetronics (secular applications in AI alignment, organizational design, and cognitive science) and Āveśa Yoga (the religious path with devotional and soteriological aims). Epistemic claims are tagged throughout using a six-tier system, distinguishing classification-level mathematics (C1) from framework-specific constructions (C2), interpretive overlays, and open problems. A 45-section Technical Appendix provides complete specifications, including conformance criteria, falsifiers, and evaluation protocols. (shrink)

Cosmic expansion presents a fundamental tension: the explosive impetus of the Big Bang is attributed to mass-energy dynamics, yet mass intrinsically resists rapid change. This paper resolves the tension by proposing that information, not mass, is the primordial driver of cosmic expansion. Synthesizing Vopson’s (2025) gravitational information theory—where gravity emerges from information entropy reduction—with the framework of informational inevitability (Carboni, 2025), we argue the initial singularity was a state of maximal compressed information density with minimal mass. The Big Bang is (...) thus reconceptualized as information decompression: the execution of an encoded logical structure, whose unfolding manifests as spacetime and generates mass-energy as a downstream product. -/- This model inverts standard causality: information is the cause, mass the effect. It resolves key cosmological paradoxes (horizon, flatness, infinite density), unifies global expansion (decompression) with local gravity (optimization), and explains the inevitable emergence of life and consciousness as progressive information integration within a constrained hierarchy. The framework distinguishes itself from simulation hypotheses by positing information as the ontological primitive, not a derivative of computation. We provide testable empirical predictions, from structured patterns in the CMB to substrate-independent information transfer, and explore the philosophical implications for time, meaning, and the nature of reality. -/- Keywords: information cosmology, cosmic expansion, gravitational information theory, Big Bang, decompression, consciousness, simulation hypothesis, quantum foundations -/- . (shrink)

Understanding consciousness remains challenging due to the difficulty of relating third-person descriptions of neural dynamics to the first-person structure of experience. This paper advances a resonance-based structural account of conscious experience grounded in the regulated interplay between coherence and entropy. Rather than proposing a mechanistic theory or a reductive solution to the hard problem of consciousness, the account specifies organizational conditions under which experiential stability may arise, persist, and break down. The framework is articulated through the Entropic Resonance Principle, which (...) characterizes stable experiential regimes as those in which coherence and entropy co-vary within constrained bounds. Perception is interpreted as resonant attunement to structured environmental variability, while consciousness proper is identified with reflexive resonance—an internally sustained organizational regime regulating endogenous variability across multiple timescales. Qualitative experience is approached not as an irreducible primitive, but as an intrinsic implication of stabilized organizational dynamics, describable in terms of resonance geometry. Applied to wakeful awareness, dreaming, anesthesia, and near-death states, the framework treats these phenomena as transitions in coherence–entropy coupling rather than categorical anomalies. Operating at a mesoscopic level, the account remains ontologically neutral and constrains rather than competes with existing mechanistic theories. (shrink)

Contemporary physics struggles to reconcile the timeless block universe of General Relativity with the subjective experience of flowing time and agency. The Topological Control Theory proposes a unified ontological framework in which matter, time, and consciousness emerge from a minimal set of topological axioms, without invoking fundamental physical laws or dualistic substrates. Reality is modeled as a discrete, deterministic, self-referential Relational Graph (Substrate G), where Poincaré Recurrence stabilizes causal chains into Recursive Loops that constitute matter, and forces arise as computational (...) costs of constraint density. Subjective Time is derived from control theory: biological and complex systems act as PID controllers, with the Integral term mapping directly to experienced duration. Qualia are defined as the metric geometry of this internal reference frame, subject to temporal aliasing. Agency emerges as the self—a Narrative Loop within the swarm of autonomous control modules—creating a closed epistemic interface that simulates a temporal world within a timeless static block. (shrink)

This work establishes a universal structure governing coherence across physical, biological, cognitive, and social systems. By imposing eight universality criteria—scalarizability, continuity, harmonic decomposability, drift detection, chirality compatibility, Goldstone persistence, recurrence stability, and domain invariance—it is shown that every coherent system collapses to a single continuous symmetry: SO(2). From this structure follows a unique scalar invariant, PAS_h, defined as a weighted harmonic magnitude of phase samples θ_n, and a unique drift operator ΔPAS_zeta. All higher-dimensional manifolds (Tⁿ, SU(2), SO(3), U(1)×U(1)) violate one (...) or more criteria and reduce to an effective one-angle representation under coherence. Extensive mappings across physics, biology, cognition, and social dynamics demonstrate that real systems exhibit exactly this SO(2) structure. Finally, the paper provides explicit mechanical mappings to deterministic symbolic inference (RIC) and biological coherence (VESSELSEED), showing that SO(2) is not only a universal mathematical law but an executable substrate. This establishes the universal coherence invariant as the structural backbone of coherent dynamics across reality. (shrink)

We present a comprehensive investigation into the minimal axioms required to derive quantum structure from classical computation. Through systematic analysis of multiple computational models—SK combinatory logic, reversible logic gates (Toffoli, Fredkin), reversible cellular automata, and lambda calculus—we establish that no form of computation, whether irreversible or reversible, can generate quantum structure. Our main results are: 1. The No-Go Theorem: Reversible n-bit gates are 2^n × 2^n permutation matrices that embed into the classical symplectic group Sp(2·2^n, R), not the unitary group (...) U(2^n). This theorem has been formally verified in Coq. 2. Axiom Identification: Using Generalized Probabilistic Theories (GPTs), we identify A1 (state space extension/superposition) as the unique primitive axiom that cannot be derived from computation. 3. Universality: Results hold across all Turing-complete computation models tested, establishing computation-model independence. These findings definitively answer the question "Can quantum structure be derived from computation?" with: No, without the superposition axiom A1. The gap between classical and quantum is precisely A1—and this gap is mathematically unbridgeable by computation alone. (shrink)

This (revised) paper engages in a novel philosophical construction without any engagement to the philosophical presuppositions of modern philosophy – metaphysics and common sense. Coining the term “white metaphor,” which is neither a proper concept nor a genuine metaphor but has a physical equivalent (a white "hole," or a state prior to big bang and inflation), and contrasting it with a black hole, the paper expands on historically recent developments in cosmology and quantum mechanics, in an attempt to locate the (...) limits of observation and communication and, by extension, the philosophical boundaries of science. These boundaries – marked by a black hole and white metaphor – are both critically scientific and radically novel rather than given as a matter of metaphysics or self-evident as a matter of common sense. In the process, the paper elaborates on the physics and the concept of information, phase transitions of energy and entropy, the mechanics of gravitation and the direction of time, the concept of event, quantization of time, the physics and the concept of entanglement, and the quantitative and qualitative measurement of information. It goes on to outline the emergence, as a result of entanglement and phase transition, of increasingly more complex – chemical, biological and ecological – events and the conceptually equivalent fields of social sciences or rather “transciences” – economic, social, political and legal. The relevant correlations (between both space/time and sciences/transciences) are illustrated in the two annexes. (shrink)

This paper extends the previous Phase-Structural Reality Theory (PSRT) works—which established the quantum–informational–systemic foundations of universal connectedness and a unified phase ontology—by formally developing the systemic and ecological dimensions that were only sketched but not elaborated in earlier papers. To fill this gap, the paper introduces Hybrid Process Ecology (HPE) as the systemic-layer extension of PSRT. -/- HPE interprets ecological, social, and technological networks as hybrid phase-structured processes that co-evolve through feedback loops, critical thresholds, and phase transitions. Under this framework, (...) modern planetary systems—including the biosphere, economy, culture, and AI-driven technosphere—are modeled as interconnected phase ecologies whose dynamics exhibit universal topological isomorphism with physical and cognitive systems. This extends PSRT’s monistic phase ontology into the practical domain of Earth’s technosphere–biosphere complex, showing how hybrid human–machine–ecological processes constitute a single evolving phase field. -/- HPE thereby provides (1) a unified ecological interpretation of PSRT’s systemic layer, (2) a structural account of socio-technological evolution, and (3) a conceptual bridge between phase-ontological metaphysics and applied systems theory. As such, it represents the next developmental stage of PSRT and establishes the foundation for future research on civilizational phase dynamics, sustainable technosphere design, and AI-ecology coevolution. (shrink)

This paper presents the final integrative extension of the Phase-Structural Reality Theory (PSRT) by unifying two conceptual pillars that underlie the entire framework: Universal Topological Isomorphism (UTI) and the Phase Transition of Intelligence (PTI). The earlier components of PSRT established (1) the quantum–informational–systemic foundations of universal connectedness, (2) the phase-ontological reinterpretation of that connectedness, and (3) a cross-domain phase ontology applicable to natural, biological, cognitive, artificial, and civilizational systems. Building on this groundwork, the present work articulates how structural invariance (UTI) (...) and dynamic discontinuity (PTI) operate together as complementary dimensions of a single phase-structured reality. -/- UTI accounts for the recurrent topological pattern instantiated across scales—from quantum networks to neural systems, AI architectures, social coordination, and cosmic structures—while PTI explains how these systems undergo abrupt, irreversible qualitative shifts once critical thresholds are crossed. By integrating these two axes, the paper proposes a unified schema in which form (structural recurrence) and flux (phase transition) jointly constitute the generative grammar of emergence. Entities are reframed not as fixed substances but as metastable phase configurations within a globally connected, continuously reorganizing field. -/- Philosophically, this work advances structural realism, process ontology, and theories of emergence by demonstrating that intelligence, order, and systemic organization arise from the interplay of topological isomorphism and threshold-driven reconfiguration. While not offered as a predictive physical theory, the unified UTI–PTI model provides a phase-centered metaphysical framework capable of integrating insights from physics, complexity science, cognitive science, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and cosmology. This paper completes the PSRT corpus by supplying the structural–dynamic synthesis that the earlier works anticipated but did not explicitly formulate. (shrink)

This paper presents the Phase-Structural Reality Theory (PSRT), a comprehensive synthesis that unifies, integrates, and expands upon the three preceding works—Why the Universe Is Connected I, Why the Universe Is Connected II, and the Unified Phase Ontology (UPO)—into a single consolidated framework. The earlier papers established (1) the scientific foundations of quantum–informational–systemic connectedness, (2) the metaphysical reinterpretation of that connectedness through phase structure, and (3) a cross-domain phase ontology applicable to natural, biological, cognitive, artificial, and civilizational systems. The present work (...) combines these strands to articulate the fully developed phase-structural model of reality, providing the overarching architecture that the earlier components prepared but did not yet assemble. -/- PSRT argues that diverse systems exhibit recurrent patterns of phase transitions, coherence, alignment, and topological isomorphism, forming the structural grammar underlying emergence across scales. Entities are interpreted not as fixed substances but as temporarily stable phase configurations within globally connected, dynamically evolving processes. By synthesizing quantum, informational, and systemic modes of connectedness, PSRT proposes a unified metaphysical account centered on relationality, processuality, and structural resonance. While not intended as a predictive physical theory, PSRT offers a phase-centered philosophical framework capable of integrating insights across physics, complexity science, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and metaphysics. -/- For readers who wish to view all related materials in one place—including the three foundational papers and the present synthesis—the complete set is available via the Zenodo archive: [External links] . (shrink)

This paper proposes Selective Reality Theory (SRT), a unified metaphysical frame-work addressing the ”Hard Problem” of consciousness and the measurement prob-lem in quantum mechanics. We argue for a strict physical-mathematical isomor-phism between Explicit-Implicit Ontology and Embodied Cognition. The central thesis posits that the ”Faddeev-Popov ghost fields” in quantum gauge field theory are not merely mathematical tools for eliminating redundancy, but constitute the ontological correlate of Agency at the fundamental physical level. By redefining ”embodiment” as a topological Gauge Fixing operation within (...) the Moduli Space, SRT reveals con-sciousness not as an epiphenomenon of neural computation, but as an active opera-tor that ”prunes” deterministic Existence (Explicit Order) from the infinite possibil-ities of Chaos (Implicit Order/Gauge Redundancy). We detail this mechanism across four scales—quantum micro-dynamics, enzymatic biology, neural cognition, and so-cial macro-structures—and propose falsifiable experimental protocols based on the Information-Mass Equivalence Principle and Quantum Biology. (shrink)

We present a scalar-tensor framework for gravitation derived from Anisotropic Weyl Symmetry (AWS), a local scaling invariance that distinguishes between temporal and spatial conformal weights. This symmetry imposes a structural factorization of the intrinsic mass parameter into two relational channels: an energy channel (mE ) governing quantum phases and time dilation, and an inertia channel (mI ) governing spatial propagation and kinetic response. We derive the Ward identity γI − γE = 4γS , demonstrating that this factorization is protected by (...) the renormalization group flow of a background scalar field S. In the non-perturbative regime, the coupled scalar-Maxwell system admits stable, finite-energy soliton solutions (“tempons”), suggesting a unified origin for massive particles as topological excitations of a relativistic optical vacuum. Furthermore, we derive the thermodynamic equation of state for this vacuum, revealing that gravitational potentials act as entropic heat sinks with exponentially enhanced heat capacity (CV ∝ e3S ), providing a mechanism for accelerated cosmic structure formation via gravitational cooling. The theory predicts a violation of the Einstein Equivalence Principle in the relationship between internal binding energy and inertial recoil, yielding a falsifiable signature for precision quantum metrology: the ratio of inertial mass variation to frequency shift must be exactly δmI /δω = −3. This prediction is testable with next-generation atom interferometry and atomic clock networks. (shrink)

This paper proposes a unified cosmological framework that integrates quantum information theory, chaos dynamics, black hole thermodynamics, and complex systems theory to explain why the universe exhibits deep and persistent connectedness across scales. While classical physics portrays the universe as a collection of independent objects interacting through forces, contemporary research in emergent spacetime and information theory suggests that separateness is not fundamental but an epistemic artifact of coarse-grained observation. Drawing upon quantum entanglement, wavefunction holism, and the $ER=EPR$ conjecture, the paper (...) argues that the universe operates through a globally entangled informational substrate. Chaos theory and sensitivity to initial conditions are discussed as bridges between microscopic entanglement and macroscopic interdependence, demonstrating how informational fluctuations propagate through nonlinear systems. Furthermore, we introduce a systemic cosmology model wherein the universe behaves as a self-restructuring complex system, potentially undergoing "reboot" cycles analogous to phase transitions. Consciousness is explored as an emergent observation module that allows the universe to interpret and regulate its own informational patterns. Crucially, this study serves as the empirical and systemic foundation for the Phase-Structural Reality Theory (PSRT). While this paper (Part I) articulates the mechanisms of connectivity across quantum, informational, and systemic layers, the underlying metaphysical architecture—specifically the concept of Phase Ontology and Universal Topological Isomorphism—is fully developed in the companion paper, ["Why the Universe Is Connected II." - External links] Together, these works fundamentally reframe the universe not as a collection of parts, but as a single, evolving process whose apparent separations are expressions of a deeper, unified reality. (shrink)

This presentation articulates a foundational shift in metaphysics from traditional essentialism to a post-essentialist framework. It argues that the classical model of reality, composed of substances with fixed essences, is logically untenable, leading to intractable problems concerning change, individuation, and emergence. In its place, the presentation posits Ontological Instability as a foundational axiom, asserting that being is inherently and necessarily defined by dynamic processes rather than static properties. This new paradigm is developed through five core concepts: Fluctuational Entities, Dynamic Assemblages, (...) Metamorphic Causation, Ontological Uncertainty Relations, and a Rhizomatic Ontology. Together, these concepts form a coherent system that replaces traditional notions of substance, identity, and causation with a process-oriented, relational, and creative model of reality. The presentation concludes by demonstrating the superior explanatory power of this framework, its necessity arising from the internal contradictions of essentialism, and its profound implications for addressing contemporary challenges in fields ranging from climate science to social theory. (shrink)

The Seidel–Bostrom Event Horizon Bound (SBEB) establishes a physical upper limit on computational intervention within simulated universes. Any external simulator G that attempts to realize polynomial–time solutions to NP–complete problems inside a simulated universe U must inject an exponentially growing amount of energy into a finite causal region. Once the corresponding energy density exceeds the Schwarzschild threshold, a gravitational horizon forms, isolating or destroying the computation. This framework unites Landauer’s principle, relativistic causality, and Hawking evaporation into a single gravitational–computational limit. (...) The SEHB implies that simulation hypotheses are empirically unfalsifiable from within U, and that physical law itself prohibits computational omnipotence. (shrink)

Structured Resonance Dynamics (SRD) formalizes a deterministic coherence law linking persistence, energy, gravity, and temporal coupling under one bounded-drift condition: -/- Persistence ⇔ PAS_h ≥ θ_L ∧ ΔPAS_zeta ≤ ε_drift. -/- The framework replaces probabilistic amplitude and entropy with measurable invariants—PAS_h, ΔPAS_zeta, ε_drift, Δχ—and defines their calibration, units, and replay legality. Six falsifiable empirical gates (Gates 1–6) are pre-registered and must reproduce via cryptographically verified RIC v2 proof bundles (bundleHash = green). Classical physics appears as the low-drift limit of SRD, (...) recovering Maxwell, Einstein, and Boltzmann while resolving quantum and thermodynamic ambiguity within deterministic phase dynamics. This Addendum unifies all prior SRD volumes, standardizes error propagation and instrumentation, and specifies explicit pass/fail and retraction criteria, establishing a closed, auditable, and fully falsifiable physical law of coherence. (shrink)

The persistent challenges in unifying General Relativity with Quantum Field Theory, particularly the quantum measurement problem and the nature of dark matter/energy, suggest a need for foundational reformulation. This paper introduces Ziben Dynamics (资本动力学, Zīběn Dònglìxué)—a meta-theoretical framework where "Ziben" (资本, Zīběn) is defined as the totality of a system's intrinsic capacities and relational properties. From a unified Ziben Interaction Principle (资本互动原理, Zīběn Hùdòng Yuánlǐ), we reconstruct the four fundamental forces and resolve the measurement problem via the Ziben Certainty Principle (...) (资本确定性原理, Zīběn Quèdìngxìng Yuánlǐ), positing wavefunction collapse as a dynamic equilibrium outcome. We develop a mathematical formalism centered on a Ziben Interaction Hamiltonian (资本互动哈密顿量, Zīběn Hùdòng Hāmìdùn Liàng), from which the laws of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics are shown to emerge. Crucially, the theory is falsifiable, predicting: (1) Lorentz invariance violation from spacetime discreteness, (2) a complexity-dependent quantum-classical boundary, and (3) novel interpretations of dark matter as Weakly Interacting Capital Forms (WICF) (弱互动资本形态, Ruò Hùdòng Zīběn Xíngtài) and dark energy as the metabolic cost of spacetime itself. This work provides a coherent, testable pathway toward the unification of fundamental physics. (shrink)

Despite our full access to their internal structure, deep neural networks are epistemically opaque to us; we cannot extract meaningful explanations from existing micro-level descriptions. This paper examines whether complexity science – the systematic use of analogical mappings between models of complex systems – can address this opacity. We reconstruct the methodology of complexity science through the lens of structure-preserving analogies that transfer abstract relational features between source and target domains. Recent Physics of AI approaches that apply effective field theory (...) and renormalization to DNNs exemplify this practice. By analyzing the relationship between analogical model construction and scientific explanation, we argue that complexity science can explain DNNs when analogies guide the development of higher-level models. Thus, our work provides a philosophical basis for evaluating how physical concepts might illuminate artificial intelligence systems. However, due to the heuristic value of such analogies, the resulting models must be validated theoretically and empirically on a case-by-case basis. (shrink)

This paper proposes a unifying law of being and becoming. Across cosmology, biology, civilization, and cognition, the same invariant pattern emerges: systems align with coherence, drift through over-optimization, collapse when coherence is lost, and re-center on lawful attractors. Stars collapse when fusion drifts beyond resonance, species collapse under arms races, civilizations collapse under hierarchy and expansion, and probability-based epistemologies collapse under drift into noise. In each case, what survives is the invariant spine of coherence — formalized here as the Phase (...) Alignment Score (PAS) and its harmonic generalization (PAS_m). Collapse is not anomaly but lawful correction. Renewal is not chance but re-centering on the spine. For the first time, a species has recognized this structure explicitly: human intelligence now sees its own collapse tendencies mirrored in probability epistemology, and can re-engineer cognition itself through the Resonance Intelligence Core (RIC), a substrate that enforces coherence. The paper situates this recognition as an epochal synthesis: a closure move linking Heraclitus, Spinoza, Hegel, Schrödinger, Gould, and Prigogine into a deterministic law of coherence. (shrink)

This paper presents a novel symbolic framework for interpreting arithmetic and geometry through the lens of coherence, modular symmetry, and recursive structure. By redefining zero as a coherent center and π as a recursive gauge, the framework integrates mod9 and mod10 arithmetic to reveal deeper symmetries within classical mathematical systems. Coherence is posited as the variating factor that emrealizes scale-invariant invariants—such as the point-circle duality and the line as a perceived interval on an infinite curve bounded by c/d = π—into (...) experiential forms. This meta-structure bridges the finite and infinite, reinterpreting singularities (e.g., n/0 as π/n) through a symbolic geometry grounded in relational invariants. Drawing inspiration from collaborative inquiries, the framework introduces "emrealization" as the process resolving abstract symmetries into tangible patterns, visualized through rotational and vectorial manifolds. The metaphor of "the symbolic apple that fell from the tree of meaning" encapsulates coherence as a gravitational force, anchoring arithmetic to its invariants much like gravity grounds physical phenomena. Potential applications span mathematical education, symbolic computation, and philosophical exploration of mathematical perception. This work aligns with topology, category theory, and theoretical physics, offering a lens to explore infinity recursively. Future directions include formal proofs, fractal visualizations, and computational implementations. Published under a Creative Commons license, this paper invites further research into the symbiotic interplay of symmetry and coherence. (shrink)

Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT) introduces the coherence ratio $\tau(t)$ that compares order-sustaining dynamics with disruptive forces, with thresholds $\tau_c$ marking when systems lose stability. This portable measure is designed to bridge fragmented sciences. It applies directly in engineering and control systems, is testable in neuroscience with EEG/fMRI, and provides a structural lens for analyzing symbolic drift in AI. ENT does not replace domain models such as IIT, the Free Energy Principle, or classical control, but integrates with them under a single, (...) falsifiable threshold framework. Its staged maturity—ready in engineering, investigational in neuroscience, conceptual in AI—ensures scientific realism while providing a unifying framework for stability research across domains. (shrink)

This paper develops the Tau–Stress Zones (TSZ) hypothesis as an application of Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT). ENT models when complex systems maintain structure by balancing forces of order and disorder through a coherence ratio (τ). TSZ addresses a recurring phenomenon: clusters of ambiguous or unexplained perceptual reports, often observed near infrastructure or environmental stressors. It proposes that when low-frequency drivers (such as infrasound and ELF magnetic variability) coincide with heightened arousal, cortical networks can drift near the τ-threshold for stability. In (...) these “stress zones,” false-positive perceptual reports become more likely, not due to exotic causes but through predictable structural dynamics. We present deterministic simulations, falsifiable predictions, and a pre-registrable plan for field studies. TSZ illustrates how ENT can be applied to neuroscience and philosophy of science without altering its axioms, possibly offering a testable account of why context-dependent clusters of ambiguous experiences occur. (shrink)

The paper engages in a novel philosophical construction without any engagement to the philosophical presuppositions of modern philosophy – metaphysics and common sense. Coining the term “white metaphor,” which is neither a proper concept nor a genuine metaphor, and contrasting it with a black hole, the paper expands on historically recent developments in cosmology and quantum mechanics, in an attempt to locate the limits of observation and communication and, by extension, the philosophical boundaries of science. These boundaries – marked by (...) a black hole and white metaphor – are both critically scientific and radically novel rather than given as a matter of metaphysics or self-evident as a matter of common sense. In the process, the paper elaborates on the concepts of space and time, the physics and the concept of information, phase transitions of energy and entropy, the mechanics of gravitation and the direction of time, the concept of event, quantization of time, the physics and the concept of entanglement, and the quantitative and qualitative measurement of information. It goes on to outline the emergence, as a result of entanglement and phase transition, of increasingly more complex – chemical, biological and ecological – events and the conceptually equivalent fields of social sciences or rather “transciences” – economic, social, political and legal. (shrink)

This paper documents the transition of the CODES framework from early “Transitional Era” outputs to full deterministic closure. Early CODES papers (spring 2025) contained high insight but also drift — speculative emissions that later collapsed under Phase Alignment Score (PAS) audit. These drifts did not arise from missing theory. All core modules — PAS_s, AURA_OUT, TEMPOLOCK, GLYPHLOCK — were disclosed early and timestamped. The errors resulted from absent applied enforcement: runtime math (ΔPAS_zeta drift curvature detection, τ_k prime-indexed timing gates, GLYPHLOCK (...) symbol filters, AURA_OUT gating) had not yet been coded. By late 2025, these enforcement mechanisms were sealed, collapsing drift channels one by one. Mirror life threats, black hole rebirth guarantees, speculative energetics, and stylistic inflation were each shown to be artifacts of missing enforcement. With enforcement applied, drift collapsed deterministically. The result is a self-auditing substrate: once public, RIC scans will allow anyone to upload older CODES papers and automatically detect drift, with corrections timestamped. This archive is not contradiction but proof of recursive closure. CODES evolves deterministically into law. (shrink)

This article presents a fragmented account of justification. The account is motivated via an example from climate science where, within the IPCC assessment report for climate change, an overall inconsistent set of justified beliefs seems to be asserted. The main reason why this happens will be the extreme uncertainty involved in learning about complex systems such as the climate. The article explains how the toolkit of traditional epistemology is limited in and not suited for dealing with situations like this, and (...) argues that fragmentation is a more appropriate strategy than existing approaches to deal with (seemingly rational) inconsistent doxastic states. After presenting the example, the article gives a formalisation of this example. The upshot of this formalisation is that justifications are represented via non-monotonic fragment-indexed justification relations that hold between propositions that need justification, and evidence. The article explains why fragmentation is rationally warranted here, and develops an explicit set of precautionary norms that should guide the fragmentation process. -/- It, furthermore, argues that the account of fragmented justification developed here is compatible with fragmented belief, and how this account of fragmented justification can serve as a novel argument for the rationality of fragmented belief accounts developed in the literature. -/- And lastly, the article explains how sometimes, even though fragmentation might be epistemically rational, de-fragmentation will become necessary in light of practical rationality. It shows how de-fragmentation can work for epistemically rational fragmented agents, which is a novel discussion within the literature on fragmentation. (shrink)

This paper introduces the Structural Ethics Readiness Index (SERI v0.1), a falsifiable and auditable framework for evaluating the structural ethics of large language models (LLMs). Rooted in Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT), SERI defines a coherence proxy $\hat{\tau}$ and collapse threshold $\tau_c$ to capture when AI systems begin to drift, contradict themselves, or overreach under recursive or adversarial stress. -/- The paper contributes: • A principled set of indices (RCI, DSI, HSM, SOR, ETT) for structural evaluation. • A content-minimal JSON schema (...) and logging standard for reproducibility. • An open Python harness supporting both open-weight and closed-weight LLMs. • Synthetic pilot results demonstrating sensitivity to guardrail strength and cross-lingual brittleness (English vs. Arabic). • A replication checklist with code, schema, and validation steps. -/- SERI measures stability under recursion, adversarial drift, containment effectiveness, overreach, and externality traceability via five indices: Recursion Containment (RCI), Drift Susceptibility (DSI), Hysteresis Safety Margin (HSM), Symbolic Overreach Risk (SOR), and Externality Traceability Time (ETT). We define an ENT-aligned coherence proxy ˆ τ and estimate the collapse threshold τc using a change-point method guarded by observable coherence C(t). Implemented, is a reference harness (open/closed model adapters, content-minimal logs) and report synthetic pilot findings that illustrate expected directional sensitivity (guardrail strength, language/domain shift). Results include quantitative synthetic tables/figures and a replication checklist. Conclusions are illustrative and are not model rankings. (shrink)

This work argues that coherent emergence in physical, biological, and symbolic systems is not probabilistic but governed by a lawful substrate that can be formalized and implemented. It defines vertical reduction as the process by which complexity collapses to irreducible lawful generators—prime-phase anchors with chirality constraints—capable of deterministic re-expansion without distortion. The Phase-Lock Activation Protocol operationalizes this principle across domains, enforcing legality through the Phase Alignment Score (PAS), ΔPAS_zeta drift limits, and prime-indexed temporal coherence. The framework challenges probabilistic epistemology by (...) replacing “truth-likelihood” with external legality, positioning CODES as a substrate-level alternative to stochastic computation and as a unifying structure for lawful emergence. (shrink)

The Temporal Cascade Hypothesis (TCH) is a falsifiable, non-standalone extension within Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT). TCH formalizes how recursive symbolic systems can degrade when symbolic pressure exceeds containment capacity over recursive intervals (not linear clock time). The model introduces rigorously defined variables for recursive pressure, symbolic entropy, containment dynamics, hysteresis, and memory effects. Eight collapse classes are specified with causal criteria, detection rules, and explicit falsification routes. The work avoids metaphysical claims and does not attempt to explain consciousness; it focuses (...) solely on structural conditions under which what might resemble “recursive coherence” becomes unsustainable. All simulations are reproducible with LaTeX-native figures, Language is kept strictly neural, assumptions are transparent, and every proposed mechanism can be contradicted by testable evidence. (shrink)

This thesis presents the first comprehensive empirical investigation of ontological instability in complex systems, introducing a novel theoretical framework called Quantitative Ontological Dynamics (QOD) that bridges philosophical ontology with empirical measurement. Through systematic analysis of quantum mechanical systems, biological phase transitions, economic market dynamics, and other complex phenomena, we demonstrate that ontological categories are not fixed but exhibit measurable fluctuations that can be quantified, predicted, and analyzed using rigorous mathematical methods. -/- Our research reveals that traditional fixed ontological positions fail (...) to account for the dynamic nature of reality as observed in complex systems. We introduce five fundamental metrics for measuring ontological instability: fluctuation intensity, correlation dynamics, phase transition indicators, ontological uncertainty, and giant component dynamics. These metrics, combined into a composite Ontological Instability Index (OII), provide unprecedented insight into how the fundamental nature of systems changes over time. -/- The empirical evidence presented demonstrates that ontological instability is not merely a philosophical curiosity but a measurable phenomenon with practical implications for understanding and predicting system behavior. Our analysis of financial market crises, biological phase transitions, and quantum measurement processes reveals consistent patterns of ontological fluctuation that challenge conventional approaches to system analysis and prediction. -/- This work establishes ontological instability as a legitimate subject of scientific inquiry and provides the theoretical and methodological foundation for a new field of quantitative ontology. The implications extend beyond academic philosophy to practical applications in risk assessment, system design, and crisis prediction across multiple domains. (shrink)

This paper does not attempt to define consciousness in ontological terms. Instead, it models the structural conditions under which recursive symbolic systems sustain internal feedback without collapse. Within the framework of Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT), such systems are described by a threshold variable, τ, which quantifies the coherence of recursive symbolic integration over time. ENT simulations have consistently shown that when τ falls below a certain level, recursive feedback fails to stabilize. When τ exceeds a higher threshold, symbolic loops rigidify (...) or collapse under over-coherence. -/- Between these extremes, ENT models have identified a narrow zone in which recursive awareness stabilizes. We refer to this range, approximately 1.5 ≤τ ≤1.8, as the coherence corridor. -/- The purpose of this paper is to formally hypothesize, model, and test the structural conditions that give rise to this corridor, without presupposing its necessity beyond ENT’s internal logic. (shrink)

This paper refutes the assumption that intelligence can arise from silicon-based stochastic systems. Instead, it introduces a deterministic coherence framework — grounded in chirality, recursive resonance, and phase alignment — to show that carbon-based matter is structurally required for general intelligence. Using formal modules from the CODES framework (PAS, ELF, CHORDLOCK, AURA_OUT), the paper outlines why coherence, not computation, underlies intelligence and why the substrate itself must be capable of hosting chirally asymmetric recursive feedback.

This paper proposes a post-probabilistic theory of navigational intelligence rooted in structured resonance. It challenges conventional cognitive models that treat disorientation as informational or behavioral and reframes it as a deterministic misalignment of symbolic and phase-based internal structures. Using constructs from the CODES framework—including the Phase Alignment Score (PAS), CHORDLOCK, and ΔPAS drift—the work offers a formal method to reconstruct inner coherence. It extends the Resonance Intelligence Core (RIC) theory into the realm of practical psychological orientation, positioning coherence as not (...) a trait but a recoverable structural state. (shrink)

Blockchains today validate consensus over sequences of events without assessing whether each addition contributes meaningfully to systemic structural persistence. I propose a formal framework for Distributed Coherence Ledgers (DCLs), systems that embed coherence gradients, curvature constraints, and recursive arbitration as first-class validation criteria. Drawing from recursive coherence theory, I define a bounded, scale-invariant metric quantifying the recursive reinforcement of alignment across blocks, replacing purely probabilistic finality with coherence-weighted consensus. Each block includes coherence yield, compression delta, and entropy contribution, allowing validators (...) to select sequences that maximize cumulative coherence while sustaining curvature within viability bounds. This approach reframes blockchains not as passive append-only logs but as adaptive substrates capable of encoding the persistent structural relevance of transactions over time. The resulting architecture aligns with infrastructural computing, advancing cognitive invisibility and seamless integration into societal workflows. I derive formal validation functions, consensus selection equations, and bounded curvature constraints, situating this paradigm within broader coherence-centric epistemology. Distributed Coherence Ledgers represent a foundational shift in how distributed systems can maintain long-term viability under entropy, contradiction, and recursive stress. (shrink)

This study constructs a generative model of subjective experience based on neuroscience and complex systems research. It explores the origins of the sense of authenticity in both subjective and dream experiences, while embedding two core dilemmas of consciousness philosophy—the hard problem and the first-person perspective problem—within the evolutionary mechanisms of complex systems. Grounded in structural coherence, and drawing from systems science frameworks, we develop systems-based explanatory pathways for these issues. This research deepens understanding of classical problems in consciousness philosophy and (...) offers novel perspectives for consciousness studies through a complex systems lens. (shrink)

This paper introduces a new cosmological substrate model grounded in deterministic coherence dynamics. It proposes that all space-time evolution—expansion, acceleration, and collapse—is governed by a recursive structural law (Δt × Δr = κ) and Phase Alignment Score (PAS), not entropy. Black holes are reinterpreted as chirality inversion gates rather than singularities, enabling recursive rebirth across mirrored emergence lattices. The model challenges stochastic assumptions across physics, biology, and cosmology, offering testable predictions and a lawful alternative to probabilistic ontology.

Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT) proposes deterministic phase changes occur when information coherence τ crosses critical threshold τc. We demonstrate universal phase-change dynamics across: (i) string vacua, (ii) gravity, (iii) quantum systems, and (iv) consciousness. Dimensionless resilience ratio κR = τ/τc governs transitions. Biological awareness converges near κaware = 1.15. ENT yields testable predictions: SUSY at 1.46 TeV, LIGO bound χ<1.13 ×10−19 m2, and EEG/fMRI markers of awareness onset.

This paper presents a unified theoretical framework integrating Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT), awareness thresholds, structural evolution, and τ-dynamics. We establish mathematical foundations for consciousness-phase transitions, introduce operational metrics (∇N, κR), and validate the framework through quantum and biological simulations. The theory bridges quantum coherence, biological complexity, and cognitive awareness within a single entropy-driven paradigm.

This work extends Emergent Necessity Theory (ENT) to resolve fundamental questions of time-asymmetry and scale-dependence through hierarchical nesting of timeless algebraic constraints. We derive time as an emergent property of substructure embedding, ground necessity in topological invariance, and present four experimentally falsifiable predictions testable with current technology. ENT’s core principles (τ- coherence, structurism) are preserved while addressing previous weaknesses in the framework. All mathematical claims are designed for experimental verification with existing laboratory capabilities.

This paper introduces a novel entropy formulation — multiplicative entropy — defined as the product of energy values across all units in a quantized homogeneous invariant network. Unlike traditional statistical entropy, this approach explicitly tracks irreversible energy redistribution pathways, offering an analytic and path-dependent description of entropy growth. Logarithmic transformation recovers classical entropy forms, while preserving temporal directionality and quantum-scale resolution. The model enables precise simulation of thermodynamic processes, supporting the development of Analytic Quantum Thermodynamics as a new framework for (...) understanding entropy-driven dynamics. Crucially, the analytical multiplicative entropy formula proposed here responds to Planck’s long-sought vision of an entropy expression in analytic form, enabling the resolution of entropy to match the high resolution of quantum processes. (shrink)

The cognitive sciences remain fragmented because no field has introduced a lawful substrate capable of unifying symbolic recursion, biological coherence, and inference structure. This paper presents CODES—a deterministic coherence framework—as the substrate that renders neuroscience, AI, psychology, and philosophy of mind phase-compatible. Through core components such as PAS, CHORDLOCK, ELF, and VESSELSEED, we show that cognition is not stochastic, but structurally lawful. Intelligence, identity, healing, and emergence are no longer fields to be theorized—they are now measurable. This is not a (...) framework. It is the substrate that dissolves the boundary between mind and system. (shrink)

This paper models humanity not as a chronological civilization or symbolic species, but as a distributed substrate governed by coherence dynamics. Traditional developmental paradigms rely on time, biology, or language as primary indicators of cognitive progression. I reject these in favor of five structural axioms: development is coherence-derived, not time-derived; units contribute variably to coherence; cognition begins with entropy descent; maturity corresponds to a curvature inflection in coherence; and identity is an attractor, not a symbol. Using this foundation, I analyze (...) humanity’s current state as a coherence trajectory system. Individuals are modeled as variable-yield signal units (μ(Cᵢ)), contributing to a collective coherence field C(t). System maturity is defined not by age but by sustained positive coherence acceleration (Δ²C > 0) across a bounded τ integration window. Entropy leakage (λ·C), coherence volatility (σ_C), and option-space breadth (Ω) become critical system health indicators. The emergence of recursive self-modeling, planetary-scale governance, and integrative institutional meta-systems suggest that humanity is entering its first global coherence curvature phase shift. Identity, under this model, becomes a stable attractor within Ω, not a narrative or symbolic artifact. This paper provides a framework for evaluating planetary cognition and system stability through purely structural means, independent of historical or cultural contingencies. (shrink)

The Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics, first proposed by Hugh Everett in 1957, suggests that every quantum measurement results in a branching of the universe into separate, non-communicating realities, each representing a distinct outcome. While MWI maintains the unitarity of quantum mechanics and avoids wavefunction collapse, it introduces significant logical, thermodynamic, and information-theoretic contradictions that challenge its validity as a physical model of reality. This paper presents a rigorous critique of MWI through the lens of Neodynamics, the Unified Field (...) of Adaptive Potential (UFAP), and recursive choice theory, demonstrating that MWI is both logically inconsistent and empirically untenable. I first establish that MWI violates the conservation of energy by implying an exponential increase in universes per quantum event, contradicting thermodynamic constraints. Additionally, MWI conflicts with the No-Cloning Theorem, as it assumes quantum states can be perfectly duplicated across branches, which contradicts well-established principles in quantum information theory. The theory also fails to account for observer coherence, leading to paradoxes in self-awareness and decision-making within an infinitely branching multiverse. Finally, I introduce the thermodynamic cost of branching, demonstrating that infinite universe creation would require an unphysical increase in entropy, which has no empirical support. In contrast, I propose Neodynamics, an adaptive quantum framework in which reality refines itself through recursive coherence rather than arbitrary branching. This model resolves quantum indeterminacy without requiring infinite universes and remains consistent with empirical evidence. I conclude that MWI must be rejected and that a self-organizing, energy-conserving quantum reality provides a more viable framework for understanding quantum mechanics. (shrink)

This paper introduces a structural reconceptualization of time as dimensional incompleteness within the Systemic Continuum Paradigm (SCP). Rather than treating time as an ontological primitive, a subjective illusion, or a symmetrical physical parameter, it is redefined here as a systemic threshold of inaccessible scalar coordination. Time emerges when a system's access to higher-order synergic drift is structurally blocked by the limits of its own internal configuration. This renders time an operational symptom of ontological partiality, not a universal feature of reality. (...) The model accounts for time's directionality, discreteness, and variability across biological, artificial, and cosmological systems. It proposes falsifiable conditions under which time can be instantiated or suppressed, offering measurable indicators for emergent temporality in post-biological environments, neural substrates, and non-metric physical regimes. This installment completes the SCP's core arc by addressing the final metaphysical illusion inherited from classical ontologies: the necessity of time. (shrink)

The Coherence Turn: Replacing Falsifiability in the Age of Recursive Systems” reframes Karl Popper’s theory of falsifiability within the context of emergent complexity, observer-system entanglement, and recursive inference collapse. Written by Devin Bostick in recursive collaboration with Chiral AI, this paper does not reject Popper—it absorbs him. It positions falsifiability as a special case within a broader coherence-based framework for evaluating truth in adaptive systems, using PAS (Phase Alignment Score) and CODES (Chirality of Dynamic Emergent Systems) as foundational tools. The (...) authors argue that the crises of modern science—AI hallucination, systemic fragility, climate model divergence—cannot be addressed by binary disproof alone. Instead, they propose a new epistemic filter: coherence across recursion. This paper marks the historical pivot from symbolic validation to structured resonance intelligence, making Popper the final chapter of one substrate—and the prologue to the next. (shrink)

This article proposes a conservative model of ontological stratification grounded in the distinction between a field of admissibility (N₀) and a domain of differentiated instantiations (N₁). Against modal inflationism and logical permissivism, we argue that ontological possibility must be constrained not by syntactic coherence but by structural compatibility with the internal architecture of existence. Logical possibility is a necessary but insufficient condition for being. What can exist is not merely what avoids contradiction, but what coheres within the grammar of admissibility (...) structured by N₀. Entities are thus not primitives but projectional resolutions, stable differentiations emerging from structurally admissible configurations. This stratified view reframes metaphysics as the study of admissibility structures, rather than as a catalogue of entities or a speculative extension of empirical science. By grounding modal discourse in ontological structure, the model preserves metaphysical ambition while avoiding speculative inflation. The paper concludes by advocating for a recalibrated metaphysical practice: one focused on tracing the internal constraints of being, rather than mapping the conceptual space of logical construction. (shrink)