Residual Causal Information After Complete Decomposition: Multi-Channel Constraints and Simple Structure Recovery
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This preprint examines whether complete decomposition necessarily eliminates every recoverable physical constraint about a prior organism, or whether distributed residues and environmental modifications can preserve measurable retrodictive information across distinct physical channels. It distinguishes destruction of the original carrier from total causal-information loss, separates practical from principled failure, and frames the problem using conditional residue distributions. Next scientific experiment: Cellulase-based paper degradation will be used as a simplified, controlled analogue of enzyme-mediated material breakdown in natural decomposition. The comparison is limited to this general mechanism; the enzymes, substrates, reaction networks, and biological conditions differ, so the experiment should not be interpreted as a complete model of natural decomposition. Version 0.1 — Preliminary and Incomplete Work. This preprint presents an early-stage work in progress, and the paper has not yet been completed. Its arguments, experimental design, analysis, and conclusions remain subject to revision, expansion, and further validation. Numerical replication and complete-carrier-loss experiments have not yet been completed and are planned for future versions. AI-use disclosure: Artificial intelligence tools were used to assist with drafting, language refinement, structural organization, formalization, critical review, and LaTeX/PDF preparation. The conceptual direction, selection of claims, final revisions, and ownership of the content remain with the author. Republication Statement This record constitutes a republication of the same scholarly work, necessitated by a technical malfunction affecting the original Zenodo record. The malfunction prevented the corrected manuscript from replacing the previously deposited file while preserving the original publication date. Consequently, the revised manuscript has been deposited in a separate record, with the same publication date retained for bibliographic continuity. This republication does not represent a separate study or an independent scholarly contribution. It supersedes the previously deposited file and contains the corrected version of the same work. If Zenodo restores the relevant functionality and permits the corrected manuscript to be deposited under the original record, this record will be withdrawn accordingly.
Author: Grayeb, Elia
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7212192555
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