Adaptive Capacity, Transport Capture, and Structural Accessibility: A Multi-Scale Evaluation of Noetic Diffusion Theory

This article evaluates Noetic Diffusion Theory as a multi-scale, measurement-facing framework for consciousness research. It argues that conscious-level interpretation should not rely on entropy, occupancy, or capacity alone, but on C/TI/P regime geometry: capacity collapse, transport-innovation balance, and pathological lock-in. Evidence from sleep, propofol, and epilepsy is integrated with MNPS, MNJ, reachability, NeuralManifoldDynamics, and a speculative cytoskeletal-dendritic accessibility bridge.