Percepton Theory

HOME — Percepton Theory A new way to understand how reality takes shape. We experience a solid world of objects, forces, and motion. But beneath that experience is a hidden structure that determines what can appear — and how. Percepton Theory explores that structure. ________________________________________ The core idea. Reality is not built from particles moving through empty space. Reality emerges from a stable geometric framework that responds to observation. When we observe, measure, or interact, we are not creating reality — we are selecting from allowed configurations within this structure. ________________________________________ Why humans see the Percepton. Humans are always moving, rotating, and viewing the world from changing angles. When all human viewpoints over time are averaged together, they converge on the same underlying geometry. That averaged geometry is the Percepton. We don’t see it because we believe in it. We see it because our shared motion through space forces the same structural average. ________________________________________ Why that shape. The Percepton shape appears because: • Only certain geometric arrangements remain stable from all viewpoints • Structures must balance expansion and contraction • Vortices must close into self-supporting loops • Angles must remain consistent across scales This leads naturally to: • Eight perceptual poles • Toroidal and spherical stacking • Discrete shells instead of smooth continua The shape is not chosen. It is the only one that survives averaging across all observers. ________________________________________ What this explains. Percepton Theory offers structural explanations for: • Why quantum outcomes are uncertain until observed • Why particles appear as stable patterns, not objects • Why nature comes in steps and shells • Why gravity behaves like geometry, not force • Why observation matters without mysticism ________________________________________ Percepton Theory is not belief-based. It is geometry-based. Reality has a structure. Percepton Theory describes it.

INTRODUCTION — The Percepton

INTRODUCTION — The Percepton What the Percepton is. The Percepton is the simplest structure capable of holding reality together. It is not a particle. It is not a wave. It is not a belief. It is a geometric framework that emerges when all human perception across time is averaged into one structure. Every human sees from a different position. Every moment adds a new angle. When those viewpoints are combined — not emotionally, but structurally — only one shape remains stable. That shape is the Percepton. ________________________________________ The basic form. At its core, the Percepton is built from four energy axes, not three spatial ones. These four axes form eight perceptual poles — the only directions from which energy can be consistently perceived. Humans do not perceive matter directly. We perceive energy projected onto these poles. Each pole represents a valid, stable way reality can appear. Anything outside these poles dissolves into noise. ________________________________________ Axes, poles, and orientation. • Four energy axes • Eight poles (two per axis) • Poles are directional, not interchangeable • Each pole has polarity and orientation • No pole is “preferred” — stability comes from balance This is why reality feels solid from many viewpoints at once. It is being stabilized by a shared perceptual geometry. ________________________________________ Color, distinction, and direction. Each axis is distinct. Each pole carries direction, phase, and bias — like faces on a die. From far away, the structure looks symmetric. Up close, every side is different. This is critical. Nature requires distinction to exist at all. Without directional differences, nothing can interact. The Percepton provides those differences without chaos. ________________________________________ Stacking and attachment. A single Percepton is not enough to form reality. Perceptons attach, stack, and lock together. They do this through: • Toroidal alignment • Angle matching • Shell spacing • Recursive scaling As they stack: • Silver ratio governs shell spacing • Golden ratio appears in diagonal paths • Fibonacci numbers emerge naturally • Inverse-square behavior falls out of geometry These are not added rules. They are consequences of the structure repeating itself. ________________________________________ Why this structure forms at all. The Percepton exists because humans share time. Not metaphorically. Physically. All humans are embedded in the same temporal field. All perception happens within that field. This creates a quiet but unavoidable entanglement. No human observes in isolation. Every observation slightly constrains what is possible for everyone else. When all human viewpoints are averaged — across history, motion, and perspective — reality is forced into the Percepton shape. It is the only geometry that survives shared consciousness. ________________________________________ Consciousness and connection. This does not require belief. It requires overlap. Humans share: • The same physical laws • The same temporal direction • The same perceptual limitations This makes human perception collectively coherent, even when individuals disagree. The Percepton is the shape of that coherence. ________________________________________ Where God fits — without mysticism. If one uses the word God, Percepton Theory does not treat it as a character. It treats it as omnipresence. A structure that exists everywhere must be: • Timeless • Non-local • Independent of any single observer The Percepton fits this description. Not as a deity — but as the geometric condition that allows reality to exist at all. Humans do not create the Percepton. They reveal it by existing together. ________________________________________ Why this matters. This page is not asking you to believe anything. It is asking you to notice something: Reality is too stable, too structured, and too consistent across observers to be accidental. Percepton Theory claims: • There is a structure beneath physics • That structure comes from shared perception • Geometry, not particles, is fundamental Everything else on this site builds from this point. If this structure is real — then physics, gravity, time, and observation must be re-understood. And that is exactly what comes next.

STRUCTURE — How Reality Is Built

STRUCTURE — How Reality Is Built Two grids, not one Percepton Theory begins with a simple but radical claim: Reality is formed by two separate but interacting grids. • An energy grid • A matter grid They are recursive, geometric systems that never merge — but constantly interact. This distinction is essential. ________________________________________ The energy grid, (how reality arrives). The energy grid is built on four energy axes (not spatial x-y-z). These axes create eight perceptual poles — the only stable ways energy can be received. Light, fields, and all information arrive to us only through this energy grid. Nothing reaches the observer directly as “matter.” Energy always comes first. ________________________________________ Energy → eye → brain. When energy reaches your eye: • It does not bring the object itself • It carries encoded structural information • That information touches specific energy-grid nodes These nodes define: • Direction • Phase • Intensity • Relationship to the eight poles The eye does not “see” the object. It receives a patterned energy signal constrained by the grid. ________________________________________ The holographic projection. Inside the brain, that energy pattern is reconstructed. Not as matter — but as a hologram. This hologram is: • Three-dimensional • Stable • Projected outward • Aligned with the matter grid It feels like it exists outside you. But it doesn’t. What you experience as the external world is a projection, rebuilt from energy-only information. ________________________________________ The matter grid, (where the image is placed). The matter grid is the familiar x-y-z spatial system. But here is the key point: We do not directly perceive the matter grid. We project onto it. The brain places the reconstructed hologram onto spatial coordinates so that: • Objects appear solid • Distance feels real • Motion is coherent Matter becomes the stage, not the signal. ________________________________________ Neurons as physical records of perception. The moment energy is perceived: • A physical structure is created in the brain • A neuron (or neural pattern) forms • That neuron is a stored representation of energy In Percepton Theory: • Matter is observed time • Energy is unobserved time A neuron is time made physical. Every perception leaves a trace. ________________________________________ Why this matters. This explains why: • We never see the “real thing” • Different observers see the same object differently • Memory, emotion, and meaning alter perception • Reality feels stable even though energy is always changing The stability comes from the grid, not the object. ________________________________________ Two recursive systems, always interacting. Energy grid: • Governs what can be perceived • Sets allowable directions and states • Is shared across observers Matter grid: • Provides spatial organization • Holds accumulated observations • Is built from energy intersections They recurse together. Neither is fundamental alone. ________________________________________ A realist boundary. Percepton Theory is realist — but honest. We are animals with limits. We cannot know: • What the universe is “doing” without observers • Whether matter exists the same way in our absence • What reality looks like without perception Physics can describe patterns of experience. It cannot escape experience. Percepton Theory accepts this boundary. The universe beyond perception remains unknown — and always will. ________________________________________ The structural claim. What is knowable is this: Reality, as experienced, is a structured interaction between: • Energy arriving through fixed perceptual geometry • Matter acting as a projection surface • Consciousness locking both into coherence This structure is not arbitrary. It has shape. And that shape is the Percepton. ________________________________________ Structure comes first. Physics follows.

THE PERCEPTON (THE SHAPE)

THE PERCEPTON (THE SHAPE) What the Percepton is The Percepton is the basic unit of perception. It is not a particle. It is not a wave. It is not a symbol. It is a geometric structure that forms when all human viewpoints, across time, are averaged together. This shape is not imagined. It is forced by shared perception. ________________________________________ Its basic form. At its simplest, the Percepton is a balanced, closed structure made from: • Four energy axes • Eight perceptual poles • Toroidal circulation • Spherical closure Each axis represents a fundamental direction of energetic interaction, not physical space. Each pole represents a stable way perception can receive information. No more are allowed. No fewer are sufficient. ________________________________________ Axes and poles. The four energy axes form opposing pairs. Each axis has two poles — positive and negative. Together they create eight poles total. These poles define: • Direction • Polarity • Phase • Orientation Every act of perception uses one or more of these poles. Humans never access all eight at once — but across humanity and time, all eight are used. That averaging is what locks the shape. ________________________________________ Color and differentiation. Each axis can be represented as a different color. Not symbolically — structurally. Color here means: • Distinct information channel • Independent constraint • Unique orientation When combined, these colored axes do not blur. They interlock. That interlocking is what gives the Percepton stability. ________________________________________ Toroidal motion. Energy within the Percepton does not move in straight lines. It circulates. • Around • Through • Back into itself This circulation forms toroidal motion — the most stable way energy can persist without collapsing or dispersing. Toroids are everywhere in nature because they are unavoidable, not because nature prefers them. ________________________________________ Stacking and recursion. One Percepton does not exist alone. Perceptons attach, stack, and nest. • Small ones form larger ones • Larger ones form shells • Shells form systems This stacking follows strict ratios: • Silver ratio for stable shell spacing • Golden ratio along growth paths • Fibonacci sequences for scaling These ratios are not aesthetic. They are the only ones that preserve alignment across scales. ________________________________________ Why this shape appears. The Percepton exists because: • Humans share time • Humans share consciousness • Humans are entangled through perception Every human observes from a different place and moment. Yet reality remains consistent. That consistency demands a structure that survives all viewpoints. The Percepton is the shape that remains when everything subjective cancels out. ________________________________________ Shared perception. No human sees reality alone. Each observation slightly reinforces or weakens certain configurations. Across billions of observers: • Stable configurations remain • Unstable ones disappear Reality self-selects. The Percepton is the average result of shared perception over time. ________________________________________ Why God can be mentioned here. If one uses the word “God”: Not as a figure. Not as belief. But as omniscient presence. Then the Percepton only works because perception is not isolated. All observers are connected — as if they are versions of one another across time and position. That omnipresence is structural, not mystical. The shape holds because nothing is truly separate. ________________________________________ The critical point. The Percepton is not imposed on reality. Reality collapses into it. Because only this shape: • Survives all viewpoints • Supports stability • Allows time to flow • Allows matter to form This is why the same geometry appears: • In atoms • In gravity • In quantum experiments • In consciousness Different scales. Same structure. ________________________________________ The Percepton is the foundation. Everything else is a consequence.

TIME

TIME What time is (in Percepton Theory) Time is not a background dimension. Time is not something objects travel through. Time is the sequence created when perception locks structure. It exists only because the Percepton can never stabilize all of its poles at once. ________________________________________ Why time must exist. The Percepton has eight perceptual poles. At any moment: • Only some poles are active • Others remain potential • The structure is incomplete When perception shifts — through motion, attention, or interaction — the active poles change. Each change forces the structure to update. That update is a moment. Moments arranged in order create time. ________________________________________ Observed time vs unobserved time. Percepton Theory distinguishes between two kinds of time: Unobserved time • Exists as energy • Not yet fixed • Many outcomes possible Observed time • Exists as matter • Fixed into memory • One outcome selected Energy is time that has not been observed. Matter is time that has been observed. ________________________________________ Why time feels directional. Time feels like it flows forward because: • Once a perceptual configuration is locked • It cannot be unlocked without cost • The structure accumulates history This creates irreversibility. Not because the universe forbids reversal — but because perception records. Memory makes time asymmetric. ________________________________________ Shared time. Time is not private. Because humans share perception: • Our updates align • Our sequences match • Our clocks agree This shared locking is why: • We experience the same “now” • Physics can measure time consistently • Reality does not fragment Time is a collective agreement enforced by structure. ________________________________________ Why time changes with focus. When perception is strong and coherent: • More poles align • Updates are efficient • Fewer corrections are needed Time feels faster or “compressed”. When perception is scattered: • Alignment is weak • Many corrections occur • More updates are required Time feels slower or stretched. This is not psychological illusion. It is structural. ________________________________________ Why time behaves differently at different scales. At small scales (quantum): • Poles are weakly locked • Many configurations compete • Time becomes fuzzy At large scales (classical): • Many observers reinforce the same structure • Alignment is strong • Time becomes smooth Same mechanism. Different strength. ________________________________________ Why time cannot exist without observers. Without perception: • No poles lock • No sequence forms • No structure stabilizes There may be energy. There may be potential. But there is no experienced time. Time is a property of structured observation, not of the universe alone. ________________________________________ The essential claim. Time emerges because: • The Percepton is incomplete • Perception selects configurations • Selection happens in order That order is time. ________________________________________ Time is the engine. Structure gives it form.

Patterns — The Mathematics Behind the Percepton

Patterns — The Mathematics Behind the Percepton This page explains why the same numbers and ratios appear everywhere in nature and how, in Percepton Theory, they are not coincidences or “aesthetic preferences,” but inevitable results of the Percepton structure repeating across scale. ________________________________________ 1. Why patterns exist at all. In Percepton Theory, reality is not built from particles moving through empty space. Reality is built from a recursive grid of Perceptons, where stability depends on how shapes attach, stack, and balance. Only certain geometric relationships remain stable when repeated. Those relationships appear to us as: • ratios, • sequences, • power laws, • spirals, • shells. Patterns are the footprints of stability. ________________________________________ 2. Silver ratio — the stacking ratio of Perceptons. The silver ratio appears naturally when identical structures must stack without collapsing or drifting. The silver ratio is: [ \delta_s = 1 + \sqrt{2} \approx 2.414 ] or, in normalized form often seen in geometry: [ \sqrt{2} - 1 \approx 0.414 ] Why it appears in Percepton Theory When Percepton spheres stack along an axis: • Each Percepton must touch neighboring nodes • Axes must remain orthogonal • Energy toruses must roll without slipping The only ratio that preserves alignment across recursion is the silver ratio. Result: • Stable shell spacing • Stable orbital layers • Stable structural recursion This is why the silver ratio shows up in: • atomic shell spacing • crystal lattices • waveguide modes • recursive grids It is the default stability ratio of Percepton stacking. ________________________________________ 3. Golden ratio — the growth and rotation ratio. The golden ratio does not describe static stacking. It describes growth, rotation, and path optimization. [ \varphi = \frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2} \approx 1.618 ] In Percepton terms When Perceptons do not stack straight, but instead: • grow outward, • spiral, • branch, • expand through time, the system must minimize: • overlap, • interference, • self-collision. The golden ratio emerges as the least-interfering rotational increment. This is why it appears in: • spiral galaxies • shells • plant phyllotaxis • growth cones • helical paths Key distinction: • Silver ratio → stability • Golden ratio → growth Both arise from the same Percepton geometry under different constraints. ________________________________________ 4. Fibonacci numbers — discrete scale steps. The Fibonacci sequence: [ 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, \dots ] is not mystical. It is what happens when growth is constrained by prior structure. Percepton interpretation Each new layer can only form by referencing: • the previous layer, • and the one before it. Mathematically: [ F_n = F_{n-1} + F_{n-2} ] Geometrically: • A Percepton layer can only attach where two prior alignments already exist. • Single-reference growth is unstable. • Triple-reference growth overconstrains. So nature uses the minimum memory rule: two previous states define the next. That rule is Fibonacci. ________________________________________ 5. Inverse-square law — why influence fades with distance. Many forces obey: [ F \propto \frac{1}{r^2} ] Gravity, light, electromagnetism. Percepton explanation Influence does not weaken because “energy runs out.” It weakens because: • Percepton interactions occur at nodes • Node density spreads over surfaces • Surfaces grow as ( r^2 ) The same amount of influence is distributed across more nodes. So: [ \text{Influence per node} \propto \frac{1}{\text{number of nodes}} \propto \frac{1}{r^2} ] No force law is required. It is pure geometry of the grid. ________________________________________ 6. Why these patterns repeat across all scales. Atoms, cells, planets, galaxies — all show: • shells, • spirals, • quantized layers, • inverse-square behavior. In Percepton Theory this is expected, because: The same Percepton structure repeats at every scale. There is no fundamental “small” or “large.” Only recursive attachment of the same shape. Physics measures the outcomes. Percepton Theory explains why those outcomes must exist. ________________________________________ 7. Summary, (plain language). • Patterns are not added to the universe — they fall out of structure • Silver ratio stabilizes stacking • Golden ratio stabilizes growth • Fibonacci counts stable steps • Inverse-square laws describe node spreading • All of it comes from the Percepton repeating itself What we call “laws of nature” are really rules of geometry under perception.

Math & Science

Math & Science Percepton Theory — Mathematical and Experimental Foundations. This page presents the mathematical structure of Percepton Theory and shows how it connects to, reproduces, and in specific cases extends modern physics. The goal is not to replace existing equations, but to explain why they work, when they fail, and what they omit. ________________________________________ 1. Core Percepton Equations. Percepton Theory introduces two primary relations. 1.1 Time–Perception Relation [ T = \frac{E + M}{P} ] Where: • (T) = experienced time • (E) = unobserved energy (virtual time) • (M) = observed matter (locked time) • (P) = perceptual engagement Time is not fundamental. Time is the rate at which energy becomes matter through perception. ________________________________________ 1.2 Fuzziness / Selection Equation. [ U = \frac{G \cdot W_{\text{eff}}}{R^2 \cdot T \cdot S \cdot I \cdot R_c} ] Where: • (U) = perceptual / physical fuzziness • (G) = fraction of grid poles engaged (out of 8) • (W_{\text{eff}}) = effective wavelength or scale • (R) = local observer frequency • (T) = observation time • (S) = angular splitting factor • (I) = information divergence • (R_c) = cosmic reference frequency This equation acts as a selection rule, not a force law. Lower (U) → sharper, classical outcomes Higher (U) → quantum ambiguity ________________________________________ 2. Double-Slit Experiment, (Real Data). 2.1 Experimental facts From photon and electron double-slit experiments: • Wavelength fixed (e.g. 810 nm photons) • Fringe visibility (V) varies with measurement configuration • Which-path information destroys interference Measured visibility is defined as: [ V = \frac{I_{\max} - I_{\min}}{I_{\max} + I_{\min}} ] ________________________________________ 2.2 Mapping to Percepton variables. Define: [ U = 1 - V ] This maps directly: • Clear fringes → low fuzziness • Washed pattern → high fuzziness Using real quantum eraser data (e.g. Ashby et al., AJP 2016): Configuration Visibility (V) Fuzziness (U) Erasure ~0.73 ~0.27 Which-path ~0.05 ~0.95 The Percepton equation predicts: [ U \cdot C_q \cdot C_p = \text{constant} ] Since (C_q), (T), and (W_{\text{eff}}) are unchanged, the difference arises from (C_p): grid engagement. Result: The math matches real data without modification. ________________________________________ 2.3 What standard physics does not explain. Quantum mechanics describes probabilities after the apparatus is built. It does not explain why the setup itself determines the outcome structure before emission. Percepton Theory states: The perceptual grid reshapes itself when the experimental configuration is assembled — before any particle is emitted. This is not retrocausality. It is pre-selection by grid geometry. ________________________________________ 2.4 Proposed discriminating experiment. Add multiple non-interacting, disconnected detectors around a double-slit apparatus. Standard QM prediction: No change in interference. Percepton prediction: [ V(N_{\text{eff}}) = 1 - \frac{U_0}{N_{\text{eff}}} ] Where (N_{\text{eff}}) is the number of coherent perceptual constraints (observers, aligned detectors, analysis channels). This predicts a measurable visibility shift where standard physics predicts none. ________________________________________ 3. Loop Quantum Gravity, (LQG). LQG quantizes geometry using spin networks: [ A \sim 8\pi \gamma \ell_P^2 \sum \sqrt{j(j+1)} ] LQG successfully removes continuous spacetime, but does not explain: • Why one geometry is selected • Why classical spacetime appears • Why observation matters Percepton Theory adds a selection mechanism: [ \text{Geometry stabilizes when } U \rightarrow \min ] Spin networks become possible grid states. Percepton locking selects one. LQG describes what is allowed. Percepton explains what becomes real. ________________________________________ 4. String Theory. String theory replaces particles with vibrating strings: [
S = 1 2π α′  ∫ d2σ  -h  hab  ∂aXμ  ∂bXμ
] Problems remain: • Extra dimensions unobservable • Landscape problem • No selection principle Percepton replaces extra dimensions with: • 4 energy axes (a, b, c, d) • 8 perceptual poles • 3 matter axes (x, y, z) Strings become paths across the perceptual grid, not physical objects. Allowed “vibrations” correspond to grid-compatible orientations. ________________________________________ 5. Feynman Diagrams. In QFT: [ \mathcal{A} = \sum_{\text{paths}} e^{iS/\hbar} ] These are not literal particle trajectories. Percepton interpretation: • Space is already full • Nothing travels • Interactions are node activations QFT Percepton Virtual particle Inactive grid possibility Propagator Grid adjacency Vertex Node coincidence Feynman diagrams are averages over grid activation, not histories. ________________________________________ 6. Patterns and Ratios in Nature. 6.1 Silver ratio — Percepton stacking Percepton shells scale by: [ \delta_S = 1 + \sqrt{2} ] This produces stable recursive packing. Silver-ratio scaling appears in: • Atomic shell spacing • Standing waves • Lattice stability ________________________________________ 6.2 Golden ratio — growth paths. Growth across scales follows: [ \varphi = \frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2} ] Golden ratio governs: • Spiral emergence • Helical paths • Diagonal grid traversal ________________________________________ 6.3 Fibonacci sequence — quantized steps. [ 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, \dots ] These appear naturally when Percepton layers grow under angle and contact constraints. ________________________________________ 6.4 Inverse-square law. [ F \propto \frac{1}{r^2} ] In Percepton Theory this arises geometrically: • Grid influence spreads over spherical shells • Node density decreases with surface area No force required. ________________________________________ 7. Where Percepton Goes Beyond Physics. Physics today: • Calculates probabilities • Avoids mechanism • Refuses to discuss perception Percepton Theory provides: • A geometric collapse mechanism • A reason time exists • A reason outcomes lock • A reason patterns repeat • A testable prediction where QM predicts no effect This is not metaphysics. It is missing structure. ________________________________________ Final Statement. Modern physics is mathematically successful. Percepton Theory explains why. Quantum mechanics, relativity, LQG, string theory, and QFT all describe fragments of a deeper structure. Percepton Theory identifies that structure as a shared perceptual grid, stabilized through geometry, not force. ________________________________________

Science Summary

Science Summary Percepton Theory — What the Science Says, Simply Modern physics works extremely well at calculating outcomes. What it does not explain is why reality takes one form instead of another. Percepton Theory addresses that missing layer. ________________________________________ What Percepton Theory Adds. Percepton Theory proposes that reality is structured by a shared perceptual grid rather than by particles moving through empty space. • Space is already full • Outcomes are selected, not caused • Time emerges from stabilization, not flow This grid has: • 4 energy axes (8 perceptual poles) • 3 matter axes (the space we experience) • Recursive, ratio-based geometry ________________________________________ Why Quantum Experiments Behave Strangely. In experiments like the double-slit: • The setup determines the outcome before measurement • Interference appears or disappears based on information structure • Nothing “chooses” a path until perception locks it Percepton Theory explains this by showing that: The grid reshapes when the experiment is built, not when the particle is detected. This matches real experimental data and predicts new effects where standard quantum theory predicts none. ________________________________________ Why Time Exists. Time is not a background dimension. Time is the sequence of grid stabilization. Because perception cannot lock all poles at once, reality updates in steps. Those steps are experienced as time. Shared perception keeps those steps consistent across people. ________________________________________ Why Nature Uses the Same Patterns Everywhere. Silver ratio, golden ratio, Fibonacci numbers, and inverse-square laws are not coincidences. They appear because: • The Percepton grid must stack without overlap • Growth must remain stable • Influence spreads geometrically Patterns are constraints, not decorations. ________________________________________ Relation to Existing Physics. Percepton Theory does not reject modern physics. It explains it. • Quantum mechanics → probability without mechanism • Relativity → geometry without selection • LQG → discrete space without experience • String theory → dimensions without necessity Percepton Theory provides the selection rule all of them lack. ________________________________________ What Makes This Testable. Percepton Theory predicts that: • Changing observer geometry can change outcomes • Adding coherent perspectives can sharpen interference • Certain experimental configurations should produce measurable differences that standard physics predicts will not occur This makes the theory falsifiable. ________________________________________ In One Sentence. Percepton Theory proposes that reality is not built from particles or forces, but from a shared perceptual structure that stabilizes energy into matter, sequence into time, and possibility into experience. That is the scientific claim. ________________________________________

Predictions

Predictions Percepton Theory is not just an interpretation of existing physics. It makes specific, testable predictions in places where standard physics either predicts no change or offers no underlying mechanism. These predictions fall into six main areas. ________________________________________ 1. Double-Slit: Geometry Alters Outcomes Before Observation. Standard physics: Only actual measurements matter. Changing the geometry of unused or inactive detectors should not affect interference. Percepton prediction: The experimental setup itself reshapes the perceptual grid before any particle is emitted. The grid pre-configures possible outcomes. Testable effect: • Add detectors or constraints near the slits that are present but inactive. • Change only their number and angular arrangement. • Measure fringe visibility (V). Using the Percepton relation: [ U = 1 - V ] and [ U \propto \frac{1}{C_p} ] Changing the geometric constraint structure changes (C_p), therefore changes (U) and slightly alters visibility, even with no which-path measurement. Physics today predicts: no change. Percepton predicts: a small but systematic change tied to geometry. ________________________________________ 2. Observer Count Changes Interference Sharpness. Standard physics: Whether one person or one thousand people watch the data makes no difference. Percepton prediction: The number of coherent observers or processing channels affects perceptual engagement (C_p), which affects fuzziness (U). For fixed wavelength and time: [ U \propto \frac{1}{C_p}, \quad C_p \propto N_{\text{eff}} ] So visibility becomes: [ V(N) = 1 - \frac{U_0}{N} ] Prediction: Running the same interference experiment while increasing real-time observers or independent processors increases fringe clarity beyond statistical noise. ________________________________________ 3. Quantum Eraser: Real Data Already Matches the Equation. Using published delayed-choice quantum eraser data (810 nm photons): • Erasure configuration: (V \approx 0.73 \Rightarrow U \approx 0.27) • Which-path configuration: (V \approx 0.05 \Rightarrow U \approx 0.95) Percepton master relation: [ U , C_q , C_p = T , W_{\text{eff}} , P_0 ] With all physical parameters fixed, the data imply: [ \frac{C_{p,\text{erase}}}{C_{p,\text{which}}} \approx 3.5 ] Prediction extension: Vary perceptual engagement deliberately (geometry, timing, observer structure) and visibility will follow the Percepton scaling—not just the complementarity inequality. ________________________________________ 4. Quantum Zeno / Anti-Zeno Boundary Shift. Standard physics: Zeno and anti-Zeno effects are modeled phenomenologically; predicting the transition boundary is difficult. Percepton prediction: The effective decay time (T) depends directly on perceptual engagement: [ U , C_q , C_p = T , W_{\text{eff}} , P_0 ] Increasing measurement frequency increases (C_p), which reshapes experienced time, shifting the Zeno ↔ anti-Zeno boundary. Prediction: The transition point depends not only on interaction strength, but on the structure and coherence of measurement, not just its rate. ________________________________________ 5. Turbulence Intermittency, (Where Physics Still Struggles). Recent turbulence experiments show: [ \mu \propto \frac{1}{C_\varepsilon} ] where: • (\mu) = intermittency (spikiness, unpredictability), • (C_\varepsilon) = dissipation constant. Percepton mapping: [ U \leftrightarrow \mu, \quad C_q \leftrightarrow C_\varepsilon ] Percepton predicts: [ U , C_q \approx \text{constant} ] Meaning: Extreme turbulent bursts occur when vortex geometry aligns and fuzziness locally collapses. Physics measures this statistically; Percepton predicts it structurally. ________________________________________ 6. The 32-Sensor Percepton Array, (Lab Test). Setup: A sphere of 32 identical sensors around a beam interaction region. Measurement: Angular yield: [ Y(\theta) = Y_0 \big[1 + a_4 \cos(4\theta) + a_8 \cos(8\theta)\big] ] Percepton prediction: After correcting for known systematics, a persistent 8-pole harmonic remains, tied to geometry—not fields or materials. Standard physics: No unexplained geometric harmonic should survive corrections. ________________________________________ 7. The 32-Sensor Cosmic Atlas, (Sky Test). Setup: 32 fixed directions sampling cosmic radiation or light over time. Prediction: A stable, repeatable 8-pole anisotropy aligned with the Percepton grid, not attributable to Earth motion, instrumentation, or known astrophysical sources. Meaning: A structural reference frame emerges from perception geometry itself. ________________________________________ Why These Predictions Matter. • They do not rely on new particles. • They do not violate known conservation laws. • They predict effects where standard physics predicts none. • They are falsifiable. If these effects appear, Percepton Theory is not an interpretation of physics—it is new physics. If they do not, the theory fails cleanly. That is the standard science demands.

References & Data

References & Data This page documents the real experiments, datasets, and established theories used to compare, test, and ground Percepton Theory. Nothing here is speculative — these are the same sources used by modern physics. ________________________________________ Quantum & Measurement Experiments. • Double-Slit Experiments o Tonomura et al. (1989) — single-electron interference buildup o Young-style photon and electron double-slit experiments o Fringe visibility data used to define U = 1 − V • Delayed-Choice & Quantum Eraser o Kim et al. (1999) o Ashby, Schwarz & Schlosshauer (2016) o Real visibility measurements used directly in Percepton equations • Mach–Zehnder Interferometers o Path-distinguishability vs visibility datasets o Complementarity relations (D² + V² = 1) • Quantum Zeno / Anti-Zeno Experiments o Trapped ions, cold atoms, superconducting qubits o Measurement-rate vs decay-time datasets ________________________________________ Classical & Emergent Physics Data. • Turbulence & Vortex Dynamics o Schmitt et al. (2025): intermittency vs dissipation relation o Wind-tunnel and atmospheric turbulence datasets o Navier–Stokes benchmarks for vortex shedding • Inverse-Square Laws o Gravity, electromagnetism, radiation falloff o Used as scaling behavior in recursive Percepton grids ________________________________________ Geometry, Ratios & Structure. • Fibonacci Sequence • Golden Ratio (φ) • Silver Ratio • Recursive sphere packing • Toroidal flow models • Quantized shell structures These patterns are used geometrically, not symbolically. ________________________________________ Established Theories Compared. • Quantum Mechanics o Wavefunctions, superposition, decoherence • Quantum Field Theory o Feynman diagrams as interaction bookkeeping • General Relativity o Geometry-based gravity • Loop Quantum Gravity o Discrete structure of spacetime • String Theory o Higher-dimensional mathematical consistency Percepton Theory does not replace their math — it proposes a geometric and perceptual mechanism beneath them. ________________________________________ Data Usage Policy. • All numerical comparisons use published, peer-reviewed data • No custom data fitting beyond transparent mappings • Predictions are stated before proposed experiments • Falsification criteria are explicit ________________________________________ Purpose of This Page. To make it clear that Percepton Theory: • Engages directly with real science • Uses real data • Makes testable claims • Accepts the possibility of being wrong This is not belief. It is structure + evidence + prediction. ________________________________________

Percepton Theory — Public Record

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