Discontinuity as Insurance: Why Life Persists Beyond Gradualism, life beyond Darwin
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| author | Bresciano, Claudio |
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| contents | <p>Traditional evolutionary theory, rooted in gradualism, posits that biological persistence is maintained through continuous stochastic search and incremental adaptation. This paper argues that such a mechanism is structurally insufficient to ensure survival during abrupt, non-linear shifts in environmental boundary conditions. Drawing from the <strong>Theorem of Axiomatic Necessity (TNA)</strong>, we propose that <strong>discontinuity</strong> is not a failure of biological systems, but rather their primary <strong>insurance mechanism</strong>.</p> <p>When a system's information-processing throughput (Psi) is overwhelmed by rapid boundary shifts, the probability of finding a viable state via random mutation collapses to zero (P \approx 0). In these critical regimes, life persists by bypassing probabilistic search and "collapsing" directly into structurally mandated configurations. We define this as <strong>Regime Reorganization</strong>: a discrete phase transition where biological form is dictated by new physical and energetic constraints rather than cumulative selection. By reframing discontinuity as a structural necessity, we resolve the paradox of biological resilience in volatile geological records and establish that life’s continuity is guaranteed by the very discrete jumps that gradualism fails to explain.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Discontinuity as Insurance: Why Life Persists Beyond Gradualism, life beyond Darwin Bresciano, Claudio Biological Discontinuity, Theorem of Axiomatic Necessity (TNA), Structural Insurance, Regime Collapse, Phase Transition, Probability Collapse, Boundary Conditions, Minimal Coherence (F_min), Non-Darwinian Persistence, Evolutionary Throughput. <p>Traditional evolutionary theory, rooted in gradualism, posits that biological persistence is maintained through continuous stochastic search and incremental adaptation. This paper argues that such a mechanism is structurally insufficient to ensure survival during abrupt, non-linear shifts in environmental boundary conditions. Drawing from the <strong>Theorem of Axiomatic Necessity (TNA)</strong>, we propose that <strong>discontinuity</strong> is not a failure of biological systems, but rather their primary <strong>insurance mechanism</strong>.</p> <p>When a system's information-processing throughput (Psi) is overwhelmed by rapid boundary shifts, the probability of finding a viable state via random mutation collapses to zero (P \approx 0). In these critical regimes, life persists by bypassing probabilistic search and "collapsing" directly into structurally mandated configurations. We define this as <strong>Regime Reorganization</strong>: a discrete phase transition where biological form is dictated by new physical and energetic constraints rather than cumulative selection. By reframing discontinuity as a structural necessity, we resolve the paradox of biological resilience in volatile geological records and establish that life’s continuity is guaranteed by the very discrete jumps that gradualism fails to explain.</p> |
| title | Discontinuity as Insurance: Why Life Persists Beyond Gradualism, life beyond Darwin |
| topic | Biological Discontinuity, Theorem of Axiomatic Necessity (TNA), Structural Insurance, Regime Collapse, Phase Transition, Probability Collapse, Boundary Conditions, Minimal Coherence (F_min), Non-Darwinian Persistence, Evolutionary Throughput. |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18072915 |