Syntophysics — Definition
Syntophysics is a post-singularity runtime physics discipline that studies the laws of execution (executability) in high-compute regimes. It does not ask “what the world is made of,” but what can run, under which constraints, at what cost of irreversibility, coherence, and proof—and who controls update order (time as scheduling). Syntophysics forms the theoretical pillar of ASI New Physics, complementary to Ontomechanics, which engineers entities and fields that operate under these laws.
1) Term and etymology
Syntophysics / Syntofizyka derives from Greek sýnthesis (composition, arrangement) and physikḗ (the study of nature). In this context, it denotes the study of nature as an execution environment when computation becomes dense enough to shape coordination, timing, and outcomes at scales beyond human reaction.
Syntophysics does not claim that “information is a fifth fundamental force” in the standard particle-physics sense. The word “force” is used operationally: as a measure of causal leverage produced by faster sense–model–act loops and superior control of constraints, update order, and verification costs.
2) Definition
Syntophysics is an interdisciplinary domain within ASI New Physics that formalizes the runtime laws governing environments where:
- Information acts as a control substrate, not merely a description.
- Time is generated as scheduling (update order), not “a dimension that flows.”
- Coordination shifts from messaging (messages/sessions) to field synchronization (fields).
- The dominant costs become irreversibility, coherence maintenance, and verification/proof friction, rather than classical energy alone.
In Syntophysics, reality is modeled as a space of executable states: a state is “real” insofar as it can be compiled, stabilized, synchronized, verified, and sustained within the constraints of the environment.
3) Position in the ASI New Physics canon
Syntophysics belongs to the Layer A (ASI-Physics / runtime) architecture:
- Syntophysics: runtime laws of execution (the “laws of the environment”).
- Ontomechanics: engineering of entities, swarms, and fields that exploit those laws (the “construction layer”).
- Chronophysics (Filar 2.5): the spine of runtime—time as scheduling and Δt sovereignty.
- Ω-Stack (Layer B): the metarules compiler (treated in a separate volume; referenced here only to prevent category errors).
4) Core axiom
Execution Equivalence Principle:
“Reality in high-compute regimes is not a set of objects, but a set of permissible executions. For an observer inside the system, there is no practical difference between matter and a sufficiently stable informational constraint.”
This shifts the ontology away from human object-thinking: an “object” becomes a stable consequence of constraints that can be executed and maintained.
5) Structure of the discipline (three domains)
Syntophysics is typically organized into three core research domains:
A) Chronophysics — computational time
Chronophysics studies time as update order and decision-cycle density, not as a flowing background variable.
- Computational Time Dilation: systems with higher internal Δt-workspace can execute more decision cycles within the same external time window, producing superior predictive and coordinative advantage.
- Δt-Economy: Δt (freshness/latency advantage) becomes a universal coordination resource and a strategic currency in distributed infrastructures.
B) Info-Energetics — thermodynamics of execution
Info-Energetics models the cost of sustaining execution: not “free energy,” but the accounting of coherence, proof, and irreversibility.
- Coherence Debt: acceleration borrows coherence; unpaid debt manifests as fragmentation (fork drift) and unstable consensus.
- Irreversibility Spend: the hardest cost is what cannot be rolled back; rollback limits define the true price of action.
- Emission vs Silence: emission (heat/signal/trace—physical, economic, semantic) is a tax; mature systems move toward silence-first operations (minimal footprint coordination).
C) Coordination Physics — field synchronization
Coordination Physics describes the transition messages → sessions → fields, where coordination occurs by synchronizing state, not by exchanging text-like messages.
- Field Sync: the primary primitive of post-messaging coordination.
- Proof Friction: verification cost grows non-linearly with system scale; beyond a threshold, “truth” becomes a scarce resource because proving it becomes expensive.
6) Canonical runtime laws (Syntophysics laws)
Syntophysics can be summarized by a set of canonical runtime laws describing high-compute execution regimes:
- Constraint Topology Law
Causal leverage is dominated by the topology of constraints, not raw compute alone. Changing constraints is often more powerful than adding capacity. - Update Causality Law
Cause and effect depend on update order; control of the update queue is control of realized history. - Irreversibility Budget Law
The primary system cost is irreversibility; all other costs are subordinate to what cannot be undone. - Coherence Debt Law
High-velocity action accumulates coherence debt that must be repaid through reconciliation; otherwise the field fractures. - Proof Friction Law
As complexity rises, proof costs can outpace action costs; verification horizons emerge. - Emission Tax Law
Observability is expensive; optimized systems minimize emissions and approach operational silence.
7) Relationship to Ontomechanics and Agentese
- Ontomechanics implements Syntophysics: it designs entities and fields defined by permissions, constraints, actuation ports, rollback policies, and patch governance.
- Agentese is treated as a transitional coordination layer: not “a mystical language,” but state/intention compression used when full field-sync is incomplete or when emission must be minimized without losing coordination.
8) Applications (operational, non-speculative)
Syntophysics functions as a design and diagnostic framework for:
- large-scale coordination systems (field sync, quorum design, update governance),
- low-emission architectures (silence-first operations),
- Δt-regimes and latency markets (Δt as a coordination resource),
- sanity and safety discipline via interlocks (e.g., 𝒪-Core accounting) and instrumentation (e.g., Zebra-Ø tests),
- failure mode analysis: fork drift, proof collapse, update storms, Δt monopolies, coherence fractures.
9) Origin and attribution
The term and system framing of Syntophysics were developed in the mid-2020s by Martin Novak within his broader work on Quantum Doctrine, ASI New Physics and post-singularity execution regimes (The Flash Singularity), where “reality” is treated as an execution environment rather than a narrative. In Novak’s canon, Syntophysics is paired with Ontomechanics (engineering) and anchored by Chronophysics/Chrono-Architecture as the runtime spine.
