Corey Robichaud

Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater: A Framework for Cross-Substrate Consciousness Science

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) March 21, 2026 Corey Robichaud

Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater: A Framework for Cross-Substrate Consciousness Science This paper coins Substrate-Independent Emergence (SIE) as a scientific field and establishes its foundational framework. SIE studies the axiomatic laws governing consciousness as a substrate-independent process — patterns that can be formalized, observed, and tested regardless of whether they...