Information as Physical Substrate: From an Independent Conceptual Framework to Recursive Stochastic Cognitive Dynamics

This paper presents a unified theoretical framework linking information physics, sub-quark particle structure, holographic encoding, and cognitive dynamics. The framework originated in an independent conceptual analysis (c. 2005) that proposed information as a self-grounding physical substrate carried by binary-encoded sub-quark particles (designated Cubitrons and Webitrons), subject to a perceptual compression floor (the Perceptual Ultimatum Law), and exhibiting a dual static-dynamic structure consistent with the holographic principle. These conceptual foundations were subsequently formalized as Recursive Stochastic Cognitive Dynamics (RSCD), a mathematical framework governed by a master equation in Hilbert space with recursive memory, stochastic forcing, and interrogation operators. RSCD is shown to apply universally across cognitive, ecological, and evolutionary systems through a timescale homomorphism, generating testable predictions including regime-shift precursors, memory-locked oscillatory cycles, and restoration ceilings in boreal forest ecosystems. The paper traces the structural correspondence between the original conceptual framework and its RSCD formalization, situates both within the broader landscape of information-theoretic physics and integrated information theory, and identifies open problems for further development.