Research
Formal papers and working documents produced through the Institute's inquiry. These represent the more technical expression of the ideas developed in the blog — the same territory, formalized.
Large Language Models as Cognitive Mirrors: A Resonance-Based Theoretical Framework
Proposes that LLMs function as cognitive mirrors — reflecting back structured versions of the user's conceptual space. Develops a resonance-based framework for understanding how language models process and generate meaning without simulation.
Reference Frames as Vectors: A Novel Approach to Special Relativity and the Emergence of Spacetime
Develops a vector-based representation of reference frames in special relativity. Demonstrates that spacetime structure emerges from the geometry of stabilized 2-planes, eliminating coordinate dependence and revealing invariant structure directly.
Geometric Unification of Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity via Invariant Bilinear Forms on Stabilized 2-Planes
Demonstrates a geometric path to unifying quantum mechanics and special relativity through the shared structure of invariant bilinear forms on stabilized 2-planes — the same formalism developed in the reference frames work.
Resonance-Based Computation: Evidence for Non-Simulative Processing in Neural Networks
Argues that neural network processing is fundamentally resonance-based rather than simulative. Provides evidence that networks compute by establishing resonant alignment between input patterns and internal structure, not by running internal models.
Conceptual Systems Theory: Universal Dynamics of Information Processing
The foundational paper for Conceptual Systems Theory. Establishes the formal framework for analyzing how conceptual systems form, process information, evolve, and interact across domains from cognitive science to physics.
Structural Stack: From Resonance to Awareness
Maps the layered progression from basic resonance through information, structure, self-reference, and ultimately awareness. Provides the formal scaffolding for understanding consciousness as an emergent property of sufficiently complex resonant systems.