A rigorous causal pipeline distinguishing declarative signal from structural realization. Identity is not a causal override. It is a coordinate selector that determines the trajectory of the system's structural evolution.
Identity selects the coordinate. Structure is induced from identity. Reality is propagated structure over time.
This pipeline is unidirectional and dependent. Each stage is a prerequisite for the next.
Interpretation selects the action policy that minimizes deviation from the identity coordinate.
Conscience does not define identity. It measures alignment relative to identity.
Reality is accumulated structured action.
Causes: distorted gradient · unstable identity (I ≠ I*) · boundary violation
Identity does not override reality.
It determines whether the system moves with reality or against it.