The Möbius Architecture a brief overview

Read full text
Authors: Roland Jansen van Rensburg
Cited by: 0

Abstract

The theory introduces a cognitive architecture based on continuous state spaces (manifolds), compositional operators, attractor dynamics, and topological invariants. Identity is formalized as a stable attractor, while the observer is defined as an invariant of traversal, analogous to a winding number preserved under transformatio. Breakpoints, collapse, and growth are treated as topological phase transitions followed by attractor reformations. Extending beyond the cognitive scale, the framework proposes that consciousness is a viability condition rather than a universal constant, emerging only within constrained structural regimes. This leads to the concept of Conscious Seasonality and provides a non-anthropic, structural resolutuion of the Fermi Paradox by distinguishing intelligence from sustained conscious observer viability.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Philosophy and Theoretical Science Psychiatry Mental Health Neuroscience Cognitive Science and Education Research

Publication details

Journal / source
OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Publication date
10 January 2026
Document type
Preprint