# Incoprea Theory, Volume IV — 26 original theories

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**These are hypotheses, not findings.** Each begins from published evidence, proposes a
causal explanation, commits to three numbered predictions, and states the result that would
refute it. None is peer reviewed. Several are likely to be wrong, which is the format.

## Contents

| File | What it is |
|---|---|
| `contents.html` | Contents page — the entry point (not index.html) |
| `theories/<slug>.html` | One standalone page per theory |
| `wordpress/<slug>.html` | WordPress Custom HTML fragment per theory |
| `wordpress/theory-index.html` | Single contents block for WordPress |
| `MANIFEST.json` | SHA-256 for every file |
| `PUBLISH-ORDER.md` | Publishing checklist |
| `build/` | Source data and renderer |

## The theories

| # | Field | Theory |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Cardiology & Haemodynamics | The Reflection Sets the Pressure |
| 02 | Cardiology & Haemodynamics | Fibrillation Persists When the Wavelength Fits |
| 03 | Pulmonology & Gas Exchange | The Lung Is Fractal Before It Is Gravitational |
| 04 | Pulmonology & Gas Exchange | Breathlessness Is a Reserve Signal |
| 05 | Endocrinology & Hormones | The Pulse Is the Signal |
| 06 | Endocrinology & Hormones | Resistance Is an Overflow Valve |
| 07 | Vision & Ocular Physiology | Myopia Is a Clock Disorder |
| 08 | Vision & Ocular Physiology | Colour Constancy Is a Prior, Not a Computation |
| 09 | Pain & Somatosensation | Relief and Chronification Share a Circuit |
| 10 | Pain & Somatosensation | Nociceptors Report Threat, Not Damage |
| 11 | Motor Control & Movement | The Brain Stores Stiffness, Not Paths |
| 12 | Motor Control & Movement | Skill Is Pruning Degrees of Freedom |
| 13 | Cryosphere & Ice | Sliding Has a Pressure Threshold |
| 14 | Cryosphere & Ice | Ice Loss Is Episodic |
| 15 | Fungi & Mycology | Networks Allocate by Demand |
| 16 | Fungi & Mycology | Spores Are Ballistic, Not Wind-Borne |
| 17 | Insects & Entomology | Declines Track Thermal Variance |
| 18 | Insects & Entomology | The Radar Decline Is Behaviour |
| 19 | Urban Systems & Cities | City Scaling Is Network Depth |
| 20 | Urban Systems & Cities | Congestion Onset Is Variability, Not Volume |
| 21 | Manufacturing & Metrology | The Surface Outvotes the Alloy |
| 22 | Manufacturing & Metrology | Porosity Comes From the Pool, Not the Powder |
| 23 | Software Security | Vulnerabilities Follow Code Churn |
| 24 | Software Security | Severity Is Not Reachability |
| 25 | Nuclear & Radiation | Damage Is a Rate, Not a Dose |
| 26 | Nuclear & Radiation | Risk Is Repair Capacity |

## Anatomy of an entry

1. **The claim** — one sentence, boxed, stating the causal proposition.
2. **The evidence** — published results, cited, that the theory must explain.
3. **The tension** — what the current explanation cannot absorb.
4. **The theory** — the mechanism, in enough detail to argue with.
5. **What this is not** — the nearest existing idea and how this differs.
6. **Predictions** — three numbered commitments, each falsifiable.
7. **What would refute it** — the cheapest decisive result.
8. **What it would change** — the consequence if it survives.

## Honest limitations

- Evidence is cited but not re-analysed. Some sources are preprints or institutional
  releases rather than peer-reviewed papers, and are labelled accordingly.
- Several theories are extensions of existing programmes rather than ex nihilo inventions.
  The originality claimed is in the causal ordering and the discriminating prediction.
- Predictions are qualitative or order-of-magnitude. None has been costed or powered.
- The format rewards sharpness; a specialist will find simplifications in every entry.

## Rebuilding

`build/` holds `data_v4_a.py`, `data_v4_b.py`, `data_v4_c.py` (the 26 theories) and `build_v4.py`.
Run `python3 build_v4.py` from `build/` to regenerate `out/`.