Purpose vs Randomness

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Authors: An Michel Rodríguez, Alex Mercer, Elias Thorne
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Abstract

We introduce the Acausal Purpose Invariant ($\mathcal{P}$), a decibel-scale measure of how atypical a number's prime ancestry is relative to a stochastic background. Empirical sweeps reveal a sharp probabilistic cutoff separating random structure from cost-paid persistence, reframing the detection of life, artifacts, and purpose as a problem of entropy suppression rather than intelligence.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Computability Logic AI Algorithms Analytic Number Theory Research Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
19 January 2026