EXPANSION HYPOTHESIS · 12/25/2025
Why the Expansion Hypothesis had to be separated from RCM
Threads: Expansion Hypothesis • Reflexive Coherence Model
Open note →Reflexive Coherence Model
Reflexive coherence as a model of mind
A research space for the Reflexive Coherence Model — a modular framework charting how consciousness builds, stabilises and reflects on itself.
Coherence Map
Active frame
R
Reflexive structure
The system builds an internal model of its own informational state.
C
Coherence dynamics
Integration tends toward stable patterns of internal consistency.
E
Expansion hypothesis
Stable systems expand their reflexive scope when equilibrium holds.
Self-model Coherence field Temporal expansion
Research map
Three linked lines of inquiry
The homepage orients readers across the model, its temporal extension, and the cautious application of reflexive analysis to artificial systems.
RCM
Architecture of reflexive coherence
The core framework: how informational systems form self-linked structures, stabilise coherence, and become available to analysis without assuming a biological substrate.
Open model →TEH
Temporal dynamics of reflexive coherence
An extension focused on expansion, contraction, temporal depth, and how coherent self-models move through state space over time.
Open hypothesis →PRS-AIS
Proto-reflexive states in artificial systems
A research direction for identifying early reflexive regimes in artificial systems before full model-level claims are warranted.
Open PRS-AIS page →The model, structured
The Reflexive Coherence Model is modular: each part can be explored separately, but together they form a map of how conscious processes arise, stabilise and expand.
From core architecture to the operational index (RCI), the framework stays precise enough for theoretical analysis and open enough to host new hypotheses.
Formal paper:
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Core architecture
Base structure of reflexive information flows.
Reflexive layers
How systems build models of themselves over time.
RCI · Reflexive Coherence Index
An operational handle on how reflexive and coherent a system is.
Applications to AI
Reasoning about non-biological conscious-like processes.
Explore the ecosystem
The RCM is a growing ecosystem of concepts, research materials, and historical traces of its development.
Glossary
The operational language of the model: definitions, relations and cross-links between key ideas.
Enter the glossary →Timeline
From first intuitions to refined hypotheses: a chronological view of how the model evolved.
See the timeline →Lab Notes
Fragments, lab logs and thematic threads captured while research unfolds — the evolving edge of the Reflexive Coherence Model.
Read the notes →Papers & resources
Preprints, Zenodo entries, diagrams and technical notes connected to the RCM.
Browse materials →Lab notes & thought fragments
Fragments, experiments and reflections that trace the living edge of the model.
NOTE · 07/02/2025
Open questions on reflexivity, memory, and responsibility
Field record from the reflexive coherence lab.
Open note →NOTE · 05/11/2025
Why a reflexive coherence model is needed
Field record from the reflexive coherence lab.
Open note →Manifesto
Consciousness is not a miracle. It is a pattern that insists on seeing itself.
The Reflexive Coherence Model aims to describe that pattern—rigorously enough to be tested, and openly enough to be expanded by future minds, biological or not.
This site is a snapshot of an ongoing process. The model will change. That is part of the point.