We were asking
Does increasing phase destruction trace a single severity axis through the hidden code?
Flow Lenia / hidden-state
The Code Is Not a Dial
Three matched paths from intact to phase-destroyed hidden patterns produced absorption, amplification, and redirection rather than one monotonic loss of developmental control.
librarycoherent-path phase intervention
This experiment found
It does not; equal amounts of deformation can lead along different developmental routes, with expansion generally more phase-sensitive than compactification.
That sent us to
Can those routes be mapped as directions through phase space rather than summarized by a single dose?