Hierarchy (Constraint Physics)
Posture: CRL-0 / observer-only / non-authoritative.
This is a vocabulary ordering used to discipline claims. It is not a derivation, mechanism, model, or causal theory.
What it is
A field-level ordering of primitives and dependent terms used to keep statements scoped and non-overreaching.
What it is not
- Not a derivation
- Not a mechanism
- Not a model
- Not a causal explanation of physics
- Not a proof
The ordering
- Time (constrained substrate; bookkeeps admissible ordering under finite resolution)
- Space / geometry (relational structure)
- Boundary + admissibility (constraints on persistence/change under finite resolution)
- Continuity (minimal persistence condition under which ordering remains composable across admissible evolution)
- Energy (cost label for admissible change)
- Mass (stable persistence mode; non-primitive label)
- Gravity / curvature (treated as an effective geometric response associated with stable persistence)
- Measurement / record (boundary-coupling event; finite resolution; irreversibility of record)
Scope + refusals
This hierarchy exists to prevent category errors and over-claims.
We refuse causal or mechanistic language at CRL-0 (e.g., “X causes Y,” “Y arises because X”).
Use dependency-ordering language only: treated as, associated with, depends on, scoped by.
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