[Depreciated and replaced by V3] Determined and Unforeseeable: Free Will Resolved as Full Determinism Plus Forced Self-Opacity
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: [Depreciated and replaced by V3] This pre-V3 paper is replaced by the corresponding V3 clean-room reconstruction: From Fold to Consciousness: An Exact, Zero-Parameter and Machine-Closed Foundational Reconstruction of Consciousness and Cognitive Science from Smithian Fold Theory. The V3 source platform is https://github.com/MettaMazza/ernos-labs-sft-platform. The original DOI, concept DOI, version number and files are preserved for transparent historical provenance; this record must not be presented or cited as current V3 work. The fold is fully determined forward and exactly non-invertible backward. One state has one successor, while the distinct preimages 1/4 and 3/4 both fold to 1/2. The engine proves forward uniqueness, backward collapse and the unrecoverable preimage distinction. A self is inside the same relation it tries to inspect. The observer chain 1/8 to 1/4 to 1/2 to 1 joins measurement, self-observation, binding and unison. The act is fixed by the forward law while its completion is unavailable to the self-model before execution. From one machine-checked self-proven theorem, zero axioms and zero fitted parameters, the paper rules out libertarian indeterminism and identifies the lived openness of deliberation as the accurate internal view of a determined but self-opaque process. Scientific author and publication authority: Maria Smith, Ernos Labs. Open source: Smithian Fold Theory of Everything.
Author: Smith, Maria
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7166507961