This Tripwire Note introduces a semantic energy conservation principle governing admissible proof transformations. A scalar diagnostic detects illicit simplifications that reduce apparent complexity by discarding obstruction mass or constraint tension rather than redistributing semantic energy. The construction provides a framework-independent tripwire against barrier bypass via definitional laundering or hidden structure import. This note is intentionally released as a diagnostic artifact to establish provenance and citation directionality. It is compatible with, but logically independent of, Selective Asymmetric Recovery (SAR) and the Canonical Barrier Equivalence framework.
Bailey et al. (Sun,) studied this question.