Ralf Meelker · 2026

Precausal Substrate Theory (PST)

Asymmetric tension crossing the modal threshold, the potential, and where you are in the bifurcation.

F[ψ, ε], the modal potential (local view)ψF[ψ,ε]
ψ*(ε), the pitchfork (global view)εψ*precausalinstantiatedτψ* = +√εψ* = −√εψ* = 0
ε = |T(C)| − τ
+0.800
← Precausal (ε < 0)Threshold (ε = 0)Instantiated (ε > 0) →
Instantiated: degenerate vacuum, ring of minima, spacetime geometry emergent

Plotted in the rescaled slice F = −(ε/2)ψ² + ψ⁴/4, whose minima sit at ψ* = ±√ε; the book’s canonical form F = −εψ² + ψ⁴/4 has the same bifurcation with minima at ±√(2ε).

v32.168