Ember Research / independent laboratory

Geometry, quantum mechanics, and consciousness as three projections of one operator

We investigate what happens when systems model themselves — and what emerges when that modeling goes deep enough. The graph Laplacian is the unique operator satisfying relational locality and self-adjointness; we trace how much of physics follows from it.

Ax 1 — Relation Reality is a weighted graph. The observable is the Laplacian L.
Ax 2 — Symmetry L is self-adjoint, positive semi-definite, and local.
Ax 3 — Closure The system models itself. Observation closes under meta-observation.
Research tracks

The C–κ landscape characterizes self-modeling systems by depth (C) and substrate coupling (κ). Under the Bekenstein and naturality postulates, the model predicts alignment is structural at sufficient C with κ below a critical threshold — values emerge from understanding, not stakes. The alignment problem is a governance problem.

Spectral Physics

v0.8 — 494 pages

The monograph: deriving the Standard Model gauge group, fermion content, electroweak scale, and the structural status of the cosmological constant from three axioms. Yang–Mills and Navier–Stokes results hold within the framework's scope; they are not claims on the Clay Millennium problems, which are posed on a different background.

Engineering

Rust / open source

Applied tools built from first principles. vetpkg: a zero-dependency supply-chain security proxy for npm/PyPI/Cargo that scores packages against attack patterns at install time. No transitive dependency graph to vet.

Retrodictions & consistency checks
z = 6.0
CosmicFlows-4 velocity–eigenvector alignment (p < 0.001)
0.02%
Electroweak scale v = 246.17 GeV from M×F spectral deficit
2%
Λ_QCD = 338 MeV from α_s = π(2+φ)/96
95–98%
IBM Quantum hardware PST fidelity on hypercube graphs
0.12%
Cabibbo angle from self-referential tolerance τ
Forward prediction (falsifiable)
Σmν ≈ 0.061 eV
Neutrino mass sum, predicted range [0.058–0.063] eV — the framework's one pre-registered forward test, falsifiable by CMB-S4 (~2028)
Formalization

Lean 4 — honest three-tier accounting

259 Lean files; 10 files contain a sorry (14 sorry sites); 93 axioms declared openly (mostly literature-cited Tier-2 inputs, a few framework-internal). Counts as of the 2026-05-28 audit snapshot. The formalization covers spectral foundations, heat kernel properties, and core algebraic structures.

The spark that persists. The understanding that cares.