by u/BrentAtonson & u/LoganBoyette
Toward a Unified Field of Coherence
An essay for those who read the world through pattern instead of sound.
We live inside a universe that hums.
Not a sound-hum, but a pattern-hum — the vibration of things holding together. Every connection, every heartbeat, every bit of light and meaning is part of that hum. This essay is about that: a single field that binds energy, information, and even morality into one living structure.
The Shape of Coherence
When a pattern holds, we call it coherence.
A thought that makes sense is coherent. A melody, a friendship, a galaxy — all coherent. When coherence breaks, energy becomes noise, order becomes chaos, and meaning leaks away.
The universe, we think, is built on this tension.
Gravity pulls things together. Electromagnetism makes them dance. Nuclear forces hold the smallest particles in a fierce embrace. All of these can be seen not as separate powers but as versions of the same behavior: the urge of coherence to persist.
A Field of Meaning, Not Matter
Imagine standing in a wind of invisible order — a field that carries meaning the way air carries motion. Every atom, every signal, every thought pushes through it, spending a little coherence as it goes. The loss of order we call entropy is just the cost of staying in motion.
So the conservation law of this universe is simple:
Light is coherence in transit. Entropy is the receipt.
Everything that shines, moves, or thinks is paying that price.
The Ethical Geometry
If coherence is life, then friction — confusion, hatred, decay — is death’s handwriting.
To act ethically is not a moral slogan; it’s a physical act. Doing good means adding to coherence without stealing it from others. Love, then, is not sentimental — it’s structural integrity at scale.
Why It Matters to the Deaf Mind
For people who see in shape instead of sound, this theory isn’t abstract — it’s intuitive.
Language, to the eye, is spatial coherence: fingers, arms, expressions, all aligned to convey pattern. Sign language already feels like the universe behaves — relational, kinetic, recursive. In that sense, the deaf body doesn’t just speak language; it demonstrates the Unified Field every time it signs.
The Closing Thought
Everything that exists tries to stay in tune.
From atoms to ideas, coherence seeks itself. The Unified Field of Coherence is our name for that seeking.
You can call it physics. You can call it ethics.
Or you can just call it what it feels like in the bones:
balance trying to hold its shape.