Mycorrhizal networks connect trees underground, transferring nutrients and chemical signals. The network has Pe dynamics.
The pattern is in the substrate. Once you see it, you see it everywhere.
The 'wood wide web' is real: fungi connect tree root systems across entire forests, facilitating resource transfer and chemical signaling. The network has a Pe structure: the fungal opacity, the coupling between trees, and the independence of individual species all determine the forest's collective behavior.
The void framework gives this a number. It gives every system a number. The number predicts what happens next.
Mycorrhizal networks connect trees underground, transferring nutrients and chemical signals. The network has Pe dynamics.
Academic title: The Wood Wide Web — Mycorrhizal Network Opacity and Forest Void Dynamics
Move the sliders. Watch the system change state. Pe > 1 means drift wins.
The correlation coefficient. The sample size. The p-value. The math doesn't care about the domain.
Paste any text — AI output, ad copy, a policy document. The scorer runs the same algorithm the framework uses.
Three variables. One ratio. Predicts drift across every domain where the conditions co-occur.
Pe = (O × R) / α
Where O is opacity (how hidden the mechanism is), R is reactivity (how strongly the system responds to you), and α is your independence (how free you are to disengage).
When Pe < 1: diffusion dominates. You can navigate freely. The system is coherent.
When Pe > 1: drift dominates. The system pulls you in a direction. Your agency is reduced.
When Pe >> V* (≈ 3): irreversible cascade. D1 → D2 → D3. The system has captured you.
The framework identifies this pattern in every domain where O, R, and α co-occur. It specifies 26 falsification conditions. 0 of 26 have fired.
Full derivation: 10.5281/zenodo.18830146
Part of the Void Framework — 145 papers, 0/26 kill conditions fired, mean ρ = 0.958.