SEESAW THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

A Plinko-style model showing how tiny shifting decisions cascade into conscious thought (v1.5).
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/3XYJ9

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The Seesaw Theory outlines a formal framework for balancing human cognitive load through counter-balancing affective and operational mechanisms. It provides an honest audit of standard therapeutic "industrial smoothing" by mapping somatic telemetry against operational limits.

Key Findings

The Seesaw Theory posits that consciousness is not a static state, but a dynamic equilibrium maintained by a constant barrage of tiny, binary shifting decisions. By mapping these cascades, we can observe how operational limits interface with affective somatic telemetry.

Significant research has been dedicated to auditing the "industrial smoothing" of human emotion—the systemic damping of these cascades in modern clinical environments. The Seesaw model provides the necessary mathematical and physiological baseline to reclaim these oscillations.

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Seesaw Theory Framework Diagram
fig 1.1 — operational cascade equilibrium