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Some kind of tunneling can occur, to connect physical structures in our familiar physical domain with the single I-stuff of the plenum.

Extension of quantum tunneling idea to the connection between matter and the I-plenum.

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The Blazing One
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Chapter 6 of Volume 4, The Luminous Ground, by Christopher Alexander. The chapter introduces the I-hypothesis, the plenum of I, and the Blazing One as the ultimate source of life in architecture.

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Every living center in the matter of the universe—even the smallest center which is induced in space—starts this kind of tunneling towards the I-stuff.claim0.806
Generalization that all living centers initiate a connection to the I.
Stressed cells leak stress signals to neighbors, raising their plasticity and enabling them to create temporary passages (tunnels) for movement.hypothesis0.781
Each atom is unique according to its context, as confirmed by scanning tunneling microscope photographs.claim0.766
Empirical support from atomic-scale imaging that even fundamental particles are unique.
The I exists physically, there is some plenum, not part of the physical space and matter as modeled in Cartesian science, but nevertheless there in fact.claim0.764
Core assertion of the plenum model: the I is real, not a metaphor.
The structures where life occurs just cannot be made in any other way.quote0.763
Categorical assertion about the necessity of the living process.
Individual mechanical explanations for each property are too specific to provide a general explanation for why living structure repeatedly appears across all domains.claim0.760
Alexander's argument that case-by-case mechanical explanations fail to address the universal recurrence of living structure
You can only get the profound multiple structure of centers by unfolding each bit from the previous state, allowing the next layer of structure to appear from the previously established layers.claim0.760
Explains why time and sequence are essential for generated complexity.
How can purely physical processes produce new structures that include not only new combinations of physical materials but also new information-based mechanisms for producing and controlling complex behaviours?question0.759
Sloman's extension of Schrödinger's puzzle to the emergence of information-based control in development.