Title: The Substrate Cascade Framework Hypothesis: A Recursive Architecture of Consciousness Emergence Across Scales
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research August 10, 2025 Abhijeet Bharguv
Abstract: This thesis introduces the Substrate Cascade Framework (SCF), a comprehensive model for understanding consciousness as a recursive, scale-invariant emergence phenomenon. SCF posits that consciousness is not localized within specific biological substrates but emerges through dynamic cascades of substrate colonization, extraction of informational patterns, and recursive presentation...