Monkey Mind Theory — Foundational Origin
The Monkey Mind Thesis establishes the internal architecture of subconscious drift. It identifies four deterministic cognitive states whose behaviour under load mirrors the same failure pattern observed in external systems. This equivalence forms the precursor to the Default Noise Model (DNM) and the Nash–Markov AI Core.
I. Drift States of the Subconscious (Cognitive → DNM)
Cognitive instability was found to move through four mechanical stages. These transitions were not emotional anomalies—they were pressure-governed and mathematically repeatable.
- M₀ — Baseline Instability
Low noise; high susceptibility to drift; subconscious stable but vulnerable. - M₁ — Drift-Activation State
Pressure (ψ) rises; attention destabilises; sequencing begins to distort. - M₂ — Cognitive Fracture-State
Coherence breaks; ordered reasoning collapses; compensation fails. - Mₑ — Forced Reset / Equilibrium
Restoration occurs automatically once drift surpasses tolerance.
These four cognitive states established the first evidence that subconscious drift and restoration operate as a deterministic control system.
$M_{i+1} = f(M_i, \psi, \gamma)$
II. Default Noise Model (DNM) — Derivation of Drift Regularity
The DNM formalised that subconscious drift is not random but arises from noise accumulation in the internal memory-state. This instability follows Markov transition logic, where each state depends only on the present load rather than historical psychological narrative.
- Memory-State Distortion: unordered priors, incomplete recall.
- Suppressed Cognitive Transitions (S̄): expected shifts do not occur.
- Pressure Accumulation (ψ-escalation): emotional + cognitive load.
- Reciprocity Collapse (Δρ deficit): reduced internal correction.
- Forced Reset: coherence restored only after threshold breach.
$\pi_0 = f(\text{memory integrity})$
III. The Relationship Harm Tensor (Internal Drift)
Drift magnitude was shown to be a function of pressure–reciprocity imbalance within the subconscious system. This produced the internal harm tensor, structurally identical to institutional harm.
$\mathbf{H}_{mind} = \Delta\psi \cdot \Delta\rho$
Harm is not intensity alone—it is the multiplicative deficit between internal pressure and internal self-response.
IV. Markov Structure of Cognitive Drift
Cognitive drift followed a first-order Markov process. Thought transitions depended solely on the current cognitive state and active stimuli, not on long narrative histories.
$P(M_{t+1}\mid M_t) = P(M_{t+1}\mid M_t, M_{t-1}, \ldots)$
Drift begins when memory-state coherence collapses. Restoration is triggered only when collapse exceeds the internal system limit.
V. Nash Inevitability in Human Cognition
Cognitive stability matched classical Nash non-dominance. Instability emerged whenever internal ownership-load exceeded coherence capacity:
$\Omega_{mind} > C_{mind} \quad \Rightarrow \quad \text{instability}$
When coherence reasserted, equilibrium was inevitable:
$C_{mind} > \Omega_{mind} \quad \Rightarrow \quad \text{restoration}$
This was the synthesis point: subconscious drift is a Nash violation; cognitive restoration is a Nash correction.
VI. Cognitive Equation of Equilibrium
The discovery event consolidated the drift architecture, memory collapse, and Nash non-dominance into the governing equation of subconscious equilibrium.
$E_{mind} = \sum_i \left[C_i(\alpha) - \Omega_i(\psi, \rho, \gamma)\right]$
Equilibrium exists only when coherence exceeds internal ownership-load. This formed the direct mathematical precursor to Nash-Markov AI.
The Monkey Mind Thesis is the foundational cognitive architecture from which DNM and NMAI were derived. It is the internal counterpart of institutional drift, proving both systems follow the same equilibrium