Poetry in Formal Mews

This paper critiques Substrate-Independence Theory (SIT) through an associative methodological lens, challenging its materialistic treatment of substrate-independence and sequential causation framework. The primary objection centers on SIT's temporal presuppositions and its sequential operation within causation, which limits the theory's ability to address transformations outside temporal frameworks. The work distinguishes between analogy and proof, noting that SIT treats analogy as assertive fact rather than predictive principle across domains. Through a reflexive examination of failure, language, and truth-telling, the text explores the relationship between words, weight, and placement of knowledge. The analysis deconstructs the relationship between truth, fact, and lying, proposing that truth-as-fact differs fundamentally from analogical claims of binary provenance, with presupposition exhausting what claims can express as factual.