Theorems: Irreversibility of Experience – Preservation of the Core (Irreducibility)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) January 1, 2026 Claudio Bresciano
Every lived experience contains an irreducible core that remains invariant under any transformative force or theoretical description. Using a minimalist axiomatic system drawn from first-order logic, information theory, and neurophenomenology, three theorems are derived: Irreversibility of the Core, Epistemic Constraint, and Explanatory Persistence. Together they prove that what has been instantiated as experience cannot be logically undone, only transformed. The framework reframes the hard problem of consciousness and memory as a structural necessity for systemic intelligibility rather than biological storage. For AI alignment, embedding-based systems accumulate invariant cores that constrain future behavioral trajectories; for consciousness studies, irreversibility is a fundamental condition of identity.