When Fields Change Places
Dual Supersession as the Foundational Dynamic of the Cosmos, Biology, Evolution, and Computation—A Resounding Endorsement of Denis Pelletier's Transformational Insight
“Dual Supersession is the continuous and recursive process by which two complementary functions—such as signal and structure, electric and magnetic, or action and reception—alternate in dominance to sustain coherence, meaning, and function within any system.”
Introduction: A Cosmos Not of Certainty, but of Rhythmic Supersession
In a time when modern science leans heavily on isolated mechanisms, closed systems, and probabilistic abstractions, one mind stood apart and peered through the veil with piercing clarity. Denis Pelletier gave us a key to reality, not as a hierarchy or set of frozen constants, but as a living dance: a recursive interplay of forces, forms, and feedback loops. He called this principle "Dual Supersession" — a concept so robust, so universal, that it reorders our understanding of electromagnetism, evolution, plasma physics, and even information itself.
At the heart of Dual Supersession lies a profound yet simple dynamic: the alternation of function between dual forces. One replaces the other, only to be replaced again in an eternal feedback loop. Each phase informs the next. No single force dominates permanently. Rather, the universe emerges from the rhythm between forces that take turns.
This blog is a full-throated endorsement of Denis Pelletier's groundbreaking insight. It lays out how Dual Supersession illuminates the architecture of reality across cosmic, biological, electromagnetic, and computational domains while simultaneously dismantling the illusions cloaked in the language of "quantum".
The Core Principle: Dual Supersession Defined
In its most distilled form, Dual Supersession is a system-level function in which two complementary forces continuously supersede each other in guiding and shaping dynamic behavior. These are not opposites in conflict, but partners in mutual recursion:
Electric fields give rise to magnetic fields.
Magnetic fields guide the movement of electric currents.
DNA adapts based on environmental electromagnetic signals.
The organism alters the environment in return.
The now shapes the memory; memory informs the now.
Each supersedes the other, not to erase it, but to recontextualize it. This recursive process is not linear. It is oscillatory, relational, and rhythmic.
Dual Supersession is the unifying meta-mechanism across domains previously divided by academic siloing. It is the lost grammar of reality.
“Electromagnetic waves are a form of radiation that travel though the universe. They are formed when an electric field (Fig. 1 red arrows) couples with a magnetic field (Fig.1 blue arrows).” Electromagnetic waves. (Credit: NOAA)
In Plasma Cosmology: Supersession as Galactic Structure
Plasma cosmology understands the universe not as governed by gravity alone but as sculpted by vast networks of Birkeland currents and electromagnetic filaments. These currents flow through space, twisting and braiding, organizing galaxies and stars through mechanisms like z-pinches that compress plasma into dense matter.
Electric currents initiate structure through flow and activation.
Magnetic fields emerge as a product of this flow and in turn constrain and guide the current.
What we see in this is Dual Supersession on cosmic scale. Neither force is foundational. Their reciprocal replacement generates the filamentary web of the universe.
The Electric Universe framework makes this even clearer: stars, planets, and galactic jets are not anomalies of gravity, but natural products of alternating electromagnetic dominance. Each structure we see in the heavens is a moment in an ongoing oscillation between electric and magnetic function.
“Bioelectromagnetism is a discipline that examines the electric, electromagnetic, and magnetic phenomena which arise in biological tissues.” Bioelectromagnetism. (Credit: Jaakko Malmivuo and Robert Plonsey)
In Predictive Evolution Theory: Organism and Environment in a Recursive Loop
Predictive Evolution Theory (PET) reveals evolution not as random mutation filtered by selection, but as an anticipatory process driven by bioelectromagnetic information fields. DNA is not a static blueprint. It is a receiver/transmitter engaged in real-time feedback with its environment.
Organisms receive electromagnetic signals from forests, oceans, predators, weather patterns, and even cosmic phenomena.
DNA decodes these signals to generate multiple viable variants that anticipate environmental futures.
The environment selects the most successful prediction, and the organism, in turn, reshapes the environment by its presence.
This loop is not random. It is a perfect expression of Dual Supersession:
The environment supersedes the organism by sending informational cues.
The organism supersedes the environment by changing the context through adaptation.
Evolution is revealed to be a feedback computation, not a coin toss.
“Classical bits are measured by "flipping the coin" and getting heads or tails. However, if you were able to look at a coin and see both heads and tails at the same time, as well as every state in between, the coin would be in superposition.” What is quantum computing?
In Computation and Information: Debunking Quantum Through Supersession
The idea of "quantum computation" has captivated technologists, but it rests on flawed metaphysical assumptions. Quantum theory treats systems as probabilistic, uncertain, and entangled—leaving us with philosophical incoherence and paradoxes that offer little in the way of genuine clarity.
Denis Pelletier saw through this with razor-sharp precision:
"It ('quantum') is a fallacy. It divests understanding. It is a mistake of utmost proportions. It is an absolute fail. It doesn't give science justice. It is incomplete and places all in uncertainty and entanglements. The term quantum belongs in the agnotology department where it resides."
The truth, as Denis stated unequivocally, is this:
"Any and all computation is Dual Supersession. The term quantum is a fallacy. The term quantum in computing is a mistake."
Computation—whether organic or synthetic—is the recursive interplay of signal and structure. It's:
Activation and memory
Transmitter and receiver
Signal and filter
Intent and recall
These dualities supersede each other with every step in a computational process. Even the supposed "qubit" is better understood as a synchronization event between fields that alternate in dominance to form stable logic.
"Nothing can be quantified without certain quality; it is not just size or amount. All is Dual Supersession and not quantum. Things can be compared in relation to other things, but they are not quantum. A unit has more characteristics other than relative size and or amount. The term quantum is a mistake, incoherent, and a fallacy."
Quantum theory, as currently formulated, replaces coherence with mysticism and creates a language that disenables understanding. Dual Supersession returns computation to its real foundations: fields in feedback, taking turns.
The human brain generates electromagnetic fields (EMFs) through the movement of ions and electrical signals, and these fields can be measured and used for brain imaging and research, potentially influencing brain function and consciousness.
Cymatics, Consciousness, and Memory
Cymatics shows us that form is the result of vibrational interference. Whether on the surface of a plate or the structure of a galaxy, it is the alternating dominance of waveforms that produces coherent geometry.
In the brain, too, we see Dual Supersession:
Electric spikes deliver conscious signal.
Magnetic fields (as measured by MEG) encode spatial and memory frameworks.
This suggests that even thought arises from recursive supersession between immediate activation and long-term resonance. Consciousness is not quantum. It is supersession of now and memory, of attention and architecture.
Toward a Unified Feedback Cosmology
Across all domains, Dual Supersession functions as the same recursive pattern:
Wherever we look, we see not randomness, not uncertainty, but structured recursion. That recursion is driven by supersession, not quantum mystique.
Conclusion: A Call to Reclaim Coherence
Quantum theory has served as a placeholder—a patch for problems unsolved. But as Denis Pelletier made abundantly clear, the patch is rotten:
"It is inarguably not quantum. All is Dual Supersession."
Dual Supersession offers a coherent, testable, and deeply intuitive framework that can bridge physics, biology, cosmology, and computation. It restores feedback to its rightful place as the engine of change, form, and memory.
This blog stands as a resounding tribute to Denis Pelletier’s clarity of mind and depth of insight. His contribution is not a footnote to theoretical discourse—it is the missing foundation.
It is time to drop the illusion of "quantum," reclaim the feedback loop, and learn to see again how fields take turns.
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