The Queue Attention Obeys
Attention does not serve the first item in line; it serves the signal whose Actual most rearranges Expectation. … readThe Queue Attention Obeys
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What Is Proof
“I have proof” sounds like a window onto what happened. Derived from the foundation’s result that the Past is inaccessible and that present records make it look otherwise, a proof is a present mark read against other present marks: it settles the reader’s expectation and does not reach the event. … readWhat Is Proof
The Past Attention Rewrites
Attention is stolen when the present does not merely add a new event, but revises the meaning of what already happened. … readThe Past Attention Rewrites
What Is a Precondition
A precondition gets set on Monday and dropped on Wednesday. Derived from the foundation’s primitive that a condition does not happen, the dates in that sentence belong to marks, not to a condition — so the word names two things: a prerequisite nobody can set or drop, and a stipulation its maker answers for. … readWhat Is a Precondition
The Reality Equation: Mathematical Companion
A rigorous mathematical companion to The Reality Equation: complex division, logarithms, inference, learning, attention, coherence, and intelligence, with proofs, counterexamples, and twenty worked problems. … readThe Reality Equation: Mathematical Companion
The Receipt Attention Keeps
An apology steals attention when it changes the ledger of responsibility, not when it merely adds a new fact. … readThe Receipt Attention Keeps
The Fog Attention Clears
Attention is stolen when Reality turns a private fog of expectation into a bearing the mind cannot ignore. … readThe Fog Attention Clears
What Is Blame
“Who is to blame?” is two questions welded together: whose was it, and who made the mark. Derived from the foundation’s result that ownership is a category error and the manifestation is accountable, the first has no answer and the second has one — so “it was the idea” is true, and excuses nothing. … readWhat Is Blame
What Is Set in Stone
Set in stone is said of plans, dates and rules to mean they cannot change. Derived from the foundation’s primitive that to exist is to vary, the phrase is literally true only of the Past, which is real and does not exist — said of anything present, stone included, it names a rate of revision somebody is keeping low. … readWhat Is Set in Stone
The Scale Attention Tips
Attention is stolen when a small Actual tips the scale that Expectation had already calibrated in secret. … readThe Scale Attention Tips