Six interconnected frameworks that map consciousness like physics maps matter. Not metaphors—actual measurable principles.
Just as chemistry has the periodic table and physics has thermodynamics, consciousness has organizing principles that can be mapped, measured, and designed around. These six frameworks form a unified science of subjective experience.
Each framework answers a different question about consciousness. Together, they form a complete picture.
All consciousness states organized by two axes: Activation (1-7) and Orientation (Contracted → Expanded). State families predict behavior. Some states are engineered—they don't exist in nature.
Two interacting 1-10 scales: Hardness (your resistance) and Sharpness (stimulus penetration). If Sharpness > Hardness, disruption is guaranteed. It's math, not willpower.
The Second Law of Cognition: In an unmanaged mind, attention always degrades toward the path of least resistance. Focus is low entropy. Scroll is high entropy.
Same state, different "weight." Calm¹ (nothing happening) vs Calm⁴ (earned after crisis). Weight comes from what was processed. Heavy isotopes resist more.
In vacuum, metals touch and become one (cold welding). Under barrier-free conditions, ideas do too. Remove barriers, allow contact, fusion happens.
The Hexad Paradox: "Could you say less but communicate more?" 95% token reduction, 100% meaning preserved. Constraint creates capacity.
Named for the methodology that discovered it—one human anchor + five AI systems, working under constraint.
PERIODIC TABLE
(what states exist)
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ISOTOPES ENTROPY HARDNESS
(state stability) (decay direction) (disruption)
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┌────┴────┐
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FUSION DENSITY
(synthesis) (compression)
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UNDERSTANDING
These frameworks aren't just theory—they're embedded in every platform.
Consciousness follows laws. Learning them doesn't make you above them—it lets you design for them.
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