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Three Substrate Test

If coordination science is correct, the same patterns must appear across computational, organizational, and biological systems. Not by analogy—by mathematical necessity.

64
predictions
27
tested
22
supported
5
challenged

Computational

12/14 supported · 2 challenged

Distributed systems, consensus protocols, network architectures

Quorum threshold (>2f+1) supported

Paxos, Raft, PBFT all require majority quorums

CAP tradeoff structure supported

Partition tolerance forces consistency/availability choice

Phase transition at constraint saturation supported

SAT/UNSAT boundary matches coordination breakdown

Organizational

6/8 supported · 2 challenged

Teams, companies, institutions, governance systems

Boundary operator precedes cascade supported

O3 degradation 2-6 months before org collapse (n=9)

Coordination scales O(n log n) challenged

Some contexts show O(n√n). Under investigation.

Attractor basins deepen with success supported

Recovery time decreases logarithmically (p<0.001)

Biological

4/5 supported · 1 challenged

Immune systems, neural networks, cellular coordination, ecosystems

Quorum sensing threshold supported

Bacterial coordination activates at population density

Byzantine bound in immune response challenged

2f+1 may suffice in some immune contexts. Boundary unclear.

Neural population coding for reliability supported

Redundancy patterns match Byzantine tolerance