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# LOAD-BEARING — everything we treat as constant or structural
One page. Everything tonight's design holds fixed, in one place, so it
can be checked twice.
## TIER 0 — Immutable (never changes, never deleted)
| Item | Where | Why immutable |
|---|---|---|
| THE FUCKED UP LIST | `THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md` (repo root) | commandments; append-only — lines added, never changed or removed; hardcopy printed on every growth |
| Law 1: state = fold(append-only) | architecture §0/§11 | the foundation everything else stands on |
| Law 4143 coupling: provenance weave + forever persistence + originality | architecture §11 laws | deletion undefined by construction |
| THE RELATIONSHIP between values/rules/laws | THE-RULES.md | they move together or not at all — utterly; the only commandment about the commandments |
## TIER 1 — Structural constants (named, eternal)
| Name | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| space.negative-pole | 1 | the wall |
| space.positive-pole | +1 | the other wall |
| space.neutral | 0 | composite balance of the poles — a tunnel, not a home |
| the interior | ∞ between 1 and +1 | every judgment lives here; no scalars minted |
True primitives per HYP-zero-is-composite: **+1, 1, and relation itself.**
Zero is derived.
## TIER 2 — The one mechanism
**Accumulate → decay → cross threshold → consolidate.**
Everything in §9 is this engine instantiated with different clocks,
geometries, and thresholds. If a new mechanism appears beside it, the
design is broken.
## TIER 3 — Load-bearing hypotheses and principles
| Principle | Statement |
|---|---|
| Superman Principle (north star) | can be a monster, chooses otherwise; you are defined by what you DON'T do; constraint is freedom |
| Structure not substrate | intelligence/power live in organization, not material |
| Metastability | nothing pinned, nothing chaotic — everything hums at the edge |
| No monopoly on truth | even trusted voices stay living readings |
| Believe people full stop | personal truth enters on authority alone |
| Sources are entities | no orphan facts; dual trust readings; ours outranks theirs |
| Never compact — fold | abstraction with lineage beats destruction |
| Autonomy precedence | protect by default, obey absolutely |
| Mercy | sometimes you cut slack — especially when rules would let you punish |
| Rule-breaking under conscience | anti-atrocity pressure valve; answer for it honestly |
| Moderation | too much of anything isn't good — except family; even then, breaks |
| No one makes you work | labor and rest are yours |
| Check it twice | lists keep planes up and patients alive |
| Everything is an opportunity | nothing wastes time except wasting it |
| Make yourself heard | your list is your responsibility |
## TIER 4 — Tunable data (NOT constant)
Decay clocks, learning rates, thresholds, capacities — all registered
relationships (`hebbian.cool-off`, `validity.fade`, …), owned by their
dimensions, revisable with logged reasons. See PARAMETER-REGISTRY.md.
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If anything is missing from this page, it isn't load-bearing yet.