FORMAL MODEL · O0-CRP-003

Formal Ontology: observers, sources, and contact conditions C0–C9

STATUSMETHODOLOGICAL

EVIDENCE TYPEFORMAL DEFINITION

REPLICATIONN/A

PHYSICAL VALIDATIONNONE

VERSION1.0.0

DATE2026-07-27

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CLAIM STATUS: METHODOLOGICAL

EVIDENCE TYPE: FORMAL DEFINITION

PHYSICAL VALIDATION: NONE

INDEPENDENT REPLICATION: N/A

SUPPORTED · World state, observed state, hidden state, observer, and source are given precise operational definitions.

SUPPORTED · A source is specified by six switches (accuracy α, visibility, personalization π, temporal_access, compression κ, reflexivity), enabling factorial manipulation.

SUPPORTED · Ten contact conditions C0–C9 are defined by specific settings of the six switches, including two adversarial controls (C8: false totality; C9: concealed ordinary mechanism).

NOT ESTABLISHED · That the six switches are exhaustive descriptors of "contact" in general.

NOT ESTABLISHED · That the ten conditions cover the space of possible sources.

NOT ESTABLISHED · That the operational contact conditions map to any phenomenal experience of contact.

Defines the formal vocabulary for the Contact and Revelation Program: world state w_t, observed state o_t, hidden state h_t, bounded observer (Sensors, Memory, Inference, Self-Model, Action), and source S specified by six switches. Enumerates ten contact conditions C0 (Ordinary agent) through C9 (Concealed ordinary mechanism). C7 (Apparent totality) sets all six switches to maximum with opaque + reflexive + trajectory access. C8 (False totality) mirrors C7 but produces controlled false revelations. C9 mirrors C7 externally but its temporal access is stored logs dressed as prophecy — the specific ordinary mechanism the null hypothesis predicts.

Source proposition: Operational definitions must precede any measurement of "contact."

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“Operational definitions must precede any measurement of "contact."”

Conceptual provenance is not empirical support.

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