Diagram of a palimpsestic cluster with supracycles, visualising the Protofictional Emergence research project.

Protofictional Emergence Theory

Exploring how stories cross the threshold from fiction to fact.


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What is Protofictional Emergence?

The more radical branches of protofictional emergence propose that our reality is textually encoded and arises from a semantically condensed structure. Classical simulation theories fall short; this model posits a structure whose coordinates shift the moment one reflects on them. Phenosemantics approaches the model from another angle: it rejects any form of intentional configuration and treats whatever appears as something that had no choice but to appear. There is no sharp boundary between these schools – more of an interference field.