The Möbius Twist

Pass through α. Orientation inverts.

What was M becomes the felt interior of experience. What was C becomes the perceived structure of a moment. Same surface. Same law. Different reading direction.

We return to the hinge

The left loop — the Physics Arc — has been traversed. We are back at α. The Möbius twist is not a metaphor. Passing through α inverts orientation. Physics-side becomes consciousness-side. The unobserved infinite substrate becomes the felt interior. Discrete rendered geometry becomes the structure of a moment.

The formula does not change

In the Physics Arc, α was the compression ratio governing M→C projection — how much infinite-resolution substrate could be packed onto a finite-resolution surface. In the Consciousness Arc it is the same ratio governing a different projection: how much of the continuous field of potential experience (the M-side of a nervous system) can be translated into discrete, actionable perception (the C-side). Identical formula. Identical mechanism. Identical constant. The substrate has not changed. We are on the same surface. We have passed through α.