Measurement \u00b7 Verification \u00b7 Replication

The Rigor Layer

Every claim in Theophysics and MDA is backed by a formal measurement framework. Not metaphor. Not analogy. The same mathematical structures that govern information theory, statistical mechanics, and signal processing — applied to coherence, morality, and civilizational health.

Li = log( (Ci + \u03b5) / (Di + \u03b5) )   ·   \u03c7 = (1/N) \u03a3 wi \u00b7 Li   ·   dS/dt = \u03c3 \u2212 W/T
Two Instruments
Universal Signal Persistence Framework

Rigor Bible

Ten-law signal persistence calculator for textual and historical coherence. Measures how signals survive transmission across time, translation, and cultural disruption. Built on KL-divergence analogs and channel-capacity mathematics.

Interactive Historical DB Textual
Open USPF Calculator
Moral Decline of America

Rigor MDA

Nine-domain societal coherence diagnostic. Input constructive and destructive regime proxies for any society, any era. Computes \u03c7MDA, classifies civilizational health, and compares against the historical registry.

Interactive 9 Domains Societal
Open MDA Diagnostic
These tools power the MDA series. Every domain score, every historical comparison, and every threshold claim in The Moral Decline of America is derived from the same equations you can run yourself.
The Mathematics

The rigor layer is not an afterthought. It is the foundation. Every narrative claim in MDA \u2014 every drop in family stability, every collapse in shared meaning, every phase transition \u2014 is traceable to a proxy variable, a channel score, and an aggregate coherence computation.

Channel Score

Li = log( (Ci + \u03b5) / (Di + \u03b5) )

Each channel (domain) receives a constructive signal C and a destructive signal D. The log-ratio measures which regime dominates. This is structurally identical to Kullback-Leibler divergence and Shannon channel capacity.

Aggregate Coherence

\u03c7 = (1/N) \u00b7 \u03a3 wi \u00b7 Li

The aggregate coherence \u03c7 is the weighted mean of all channel scores. It is a single number that classifies civilizational health: above 0.35 is sustainable, below is precarious, negative is collapse.

Dynamics

dSm/dt = \u03c3 \u2212 W/T

The rate of change tracks whether coherence is accumulating (\u03c3 > W/T) or dissipating (\u03c3 < W/T). This is the same entropy-production formalism from stochastic thermodynamics.

Access

Both calculators run entirely in your browser. No data leaves your machine. You can verify every number, change every input, and test the framework against your own assumptions.

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