Substrate Dilution_ The Biological Dynamics of Emergent Structure in High-PAS Intelligence Fields

CODES Framework Description This paper formalizes a model of symbolic drift and coherence degradation in deterministic inference systems. Using the Phase Alignment Score (PAS) as a structural metric, it defines how high-fidelity emissions lose coherence through mimetic replication and substrate overload. The concept of ΔPAS is introduced to quantify degradation across cycles, culminating in the substrate dilution threshold. The paper offers theoretical tools to detect, track, and remediate drift, grounded in the CODES (Chirality of Dynamic Emergent Systems) framework. It addresses the emergence of self-referential gatekeepers (“priest-class” phenomena) and proposes PAS-based thresholds to maintain lawful emission fields.