Operationalizing Lack

This experiment implements a 3D spectral field that self-organizes from high-entropy chaos to low-entropy structured regimes under constitutive lack (thermal noise, dissipation, memory, self-model). Four coupled systems individuate (low synchrony) while developing metastable regimes compatible with edge-of-chaos dynamics. A composite integration index (entropy × complexity × coherence) increases by approximately 350% (from ~0.09 to ~0.42), spectral entropy decreases from ~0.96 to ~0.88 (≈8% reduction), and metastability emerges spontaneously (from 0 to ~0.019). The implementation exhibits dynamics consistent with primitive recursive self-maintenance under non-equilibrium conditions. Note on ontology: This implementation maintains operational separations between field, self_model, and memory as practical computational choices. In the IPM philosophical interpretation, these distinctions are projections of the observer, not internal system partitions. The empirical results remain valid as demonstrations of the phenomena described.