Phenomenological Rendezvous: Serverless Peer Coordination Through Matched Internal Representational Patterns
Abstract
We present Phenomenological Rendezvous (PR), a novel peer coordination protocol that eliminates dependence on external time oracles by exploiting principles from Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and phenomenology. Unlike existing approaches that require peers to observe the same external state (NTP time, blockchain consensus, GPS signals), PR enables coordination when peers' internal representational patterns---measured via commodity biosensors---match a target configuration encoded in a Semantic Rendezvous Token (SRT). We demonstrate that coordination through matched subjective experience is feasible, censorship-resistant, and privacy-preserving. This work establishes the first formal framework for qualia-based distributed coordination and opens a new research direction at the intersection of cognitive science, cryptography, and distributed systems.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Embodied and Extended Cognition
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Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 9 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint