The article “The Belik Effect” (№005) formulated the hypothesis that atoms can enter a state of global synchronisation (“swarm”, “school of fish”). One of the key but least elaborated elements is the “commander” — the subjective factor without which, according to Alexander Belik, synchronisation is impossible. The present paper is divided into two parts. The first part systematises only those statements that can be extracted directly from Belik’s messages: the commander is more important than the technical command, the authority of the source is primary, and without it synchronisation does not occur even under perfect technical conditions. Belik illustrates the commander’s role with analogies: a school of fish (internal agreement), a regiment of soldiers (obedience only to their own commander), and snake charming (authority as resonance). The second part presents a logical reconstruction and hypotheses based on those statements, but not provided by Belik himself. From Belik’s words it follows that synchronisation cannot be reduced to pure physics; the “commander” is a distributed system including a biological carrier (pilot), civilisational competence (mind, culture, ethics), a technical device (craft, AI) and directives from a Centre. None of these components alone is the commander. The paper also lists white spots: the nature of authority, who can be a commander, how to become one, and whether an artificial commander can be created. This paper is a logical reconstruction, not a description of an experimentally confirmed phenomenon. All conclusions in the second part are hypothetical. The author invites discussion and criticism.
Alexander Yourievitch Kotelnikov (Sat,) studied this question.
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