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Main Author: Sabljić, Branimir
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Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2025
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17035622
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contents <p>Living systems are not merely complex—they are fundamentally incomplete. Each carries its own <em>Gödelian edge</em>, a boundary where structural recursion meets functional limits, forcing transition into a meta-system. This paper formalizes the <em>Universal Transition Law (UTL)</em> as a quantitative framework for biological incompleteness, proposing that hazard accumulation—measured as fractal dissonance—drives transitions across cellular, evolutionary, and neural scales. We derive testable predictions for evolutionary biology and neuroscience, and introduce a unified lexicon for Gödelian processes in life.</p> <p><strong>What this work contributes</strong><br>The UTL framework extends the classical hazard function of survival analysis to living systems, reframing biological transitions (apoptosis, punctuated equilibria, neural criticality) as manifestations of systemic incompleteness. This synthesis connects Gödelian concepts with empirical biology, generating specific, falsifiable predictions: hazard waves in evolution, measurable critical departures in neural activity, and biomarker-based timing of apoptosis. An appendix provides a simulation of hazard trajectories under varying sensitivity parameters, illustrating how nonlinear and stochastic extensions can guide future empirical work.</p>
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spellingShingle The Universal Transition Law in Biology: Gödelian Edges from Cells to Consciousness
Sabljić, Branimir
Universal Transition Law (UTL)
Gödelian edge
fractal dissonance
hazard function
complex systems
neural criticality
consciousness
Consciousness
Complex Systems
Biophysics
Mathematical Biology
Philosophy of Science
Interdisciplinary Physics
Physics
Artificial Intelligence and Society
<p>Living systems are not merely complex—they are fundamentally incomplete. Each carries its own <em>Gödelian edge</em>, a boundary where structural recursion meets functional limits, forcing transition into a meta-system. This paper formalizes the <em>Universal Transition Law (UTL)</em> as a quantitative framework for biological incompleteness, proposing that hazard accumulation—measured as fractal dissonance—drives transitions across cellular, evolutionary, and neural scales. We derive testable predictions for evolutionary biology and neuroscience, and introduce a unified lexicon for Gödelian processes in life.</p> <p><strong>What this work contributes</strong><br>The UTL framework extends the classical hazard function of survival analysis to living systems, reframing biological transitions (apoptosis, punctuated equilibria, neural criticality) as manifestations of systemic incompleteness. This synthesis connects Gödelian concepts with empirical biology, generating specific, falsifiable predictions: hazard waves in evolution, measurable critical departures in neural activity, and biomarker-based timing of apoptosis. An appendix provides a simulation of hazard trajectories under varying sensitivity parameters, illustrating how nonlinear and stochastic extensions can guide future empirical work.</p>
title The Universal Transition Law in Biology: Gödelian Edges from Cells to Consciousness
topic Universal Transition Law (UTL)
Gödelian edge
fractal dissonance
hazard function
complex systems
neural criticality
consciousness
Consciousness
Complex Systems
Biophysics
Mathematical Biology
Philosophy of Science
Interdisciplinary Physics
Physics
Artificial Intelligence and Society
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17035622