The Telescope and the Fractal
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) February 18, 2026 Mauricio Natario, Anthropic Claude
This paper proposes Reticular Universalism — a philosophical position distinct from both materialism and Analytic Idealism — synthesizing Bernardo Kastrup's philosophy of mind, Paul Stamets' mycological philosophy, and the biological model of holometabolous metamorphosis. It argues that consciousness and coherence arise from the web of relationships rather than from any unified substrate, and...