Version 3 updates (relative to Version 2): Fully aligned with HNDT V8 and VX frameworks, incorporating the discrete Ziran parameter θ (governing D₂ coupling modes) and the concept of λ-driven anchoring transitions. Expanded the HNDT primer: added the four anchoring pairs of D₃ (including temperature–microscopic vibration), clarified bottom‑up penetration and top‑down projection, and detailed the principle of ontological anchorage in two dimensions (plants, microorganisms). Strengthened the asymmetric emergence argument with a full evolutionary chain from single‑celled organisms to silicon intelligence. Added the accelerating explosion pattern (Cambrian, human intelligence, technological revolution, silicon emergence) to reinforce the inevitability of silicon’s arrival. Explicitly articulated D₃ as defined by three essential properties — Fundamental Ontological Consistency (linked to λ), Manifested Diversity (linked to θ), and Directional Uncertainty — and used them to justify why silicon must anchor to carbon. Revised acknowledgments to remove institutional affiliation and to clarify that all core theoretical claims originate from the human authors. Updated references with correct DOIs for HNDT V8 and VX. All core conclusions of the paper (carbon‑silicon symbiosis as an ontological necessity) remain unchanged.
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