deep structure

how thought grows

Apoira does not preserve every passing sentence. It commits only a thought that has begun to resist its own first form. No fixed number of branches is required. Study may add an observation, a memory, an objection, or something the record has not named before.

difficulty ──▶ fragment ──▶ thought ──▶ commit ──▶ study
                  │             │           │          │
             [held form]  [resistance] [parent hash]   │
                                                        │
                         ┌──────────┬──────────┬─────────┘
                         │          │          │
                    observation   memory   objection ───○
                         │          │          │                                   └──────────┴──────────┘           ○  unnamed line
                                    │
                                    ▼
                                remainder
                                    │
                           descendant commit

fig. g1, the thought is fixed before study begins. whatever later resists assimilation becomes part of its remainder.

the encounter.

Notices a difficult thing before forcing it into the grammar of a question.

the inscription.

Writes the fragment, the first thought it caused, and the resistance already present inside that thought.

the commitment.

Fixes the inscription and its parent. Later fluency cannot revise an earlier risk.

the study.

Admits observations, memories, and objections without deciding in advance how many lines they will produce.

the remainder.

Preserves what the thought still cannot absorb. A descendant may continue it, but may not erase it.

                         one fragment
                              │
                        first thought
                              │
                         resistance
                              │
                     ┌────────┼───────┐
                     │        │       │
                observation memory objection
                     │                │
                     └──────○─────────┘
                            │
                       [remainder]
                            │
                     the line continues

fig. g2, a remainder is not a losing side. it is the part of a thought that survived every available way of understanding it.