{"id":"possibility-reserve-architecture-v0.1","title":"Possibility Reserve Architecture v0.1","author":"John Brajer","origin_date":"2026-08-20","publication_date":"2026-09-12","version":"0.1","status":"architecture specification","canonical_url":"https://mymindmine.com/research/possibility-reserve","source_url":"https://github.com/JohnBrajer/mymindmine.com/blob/main/research/possibility-reserve-v0.1.md","governing_principle":"A possibility is not identical to its outcome under one state.","protected_spine":[{"name":"Conditional Failure Memory","definition":"Failure attaches to the state and conditions under which it occurred rather than permanently to the possibility."},{"name":"Graded Dormancy","definition":"Possibilities may lose active resources without being deleted; dormant is not equivalent to dead."},{"name":"Causal Reactivation","definition":"Relevant dependency or world-state changes trigger re-evaluation of affected dormant possibilities."},{"name":"Path-Expansion Search","definition":"A branch may earn exploration because of the valuable future possibility space it exposes, not only its immediate-answer probability."}],"lifecycle":["DISCOVERED","ACTIVE","EVALUATED","UNCERTAIN","DORMANT","ARCHIVED","INVALIDATED"],"reference_fields":["possibility_id","description","state","created_at","last_evaluated_at","condition_snapshot","evidence_for","evidence_against","failure_records","dependencies","reactivation_conditions","related_possibilities","immediate_value","information_gain","path_expansion","cost","risk","provenance"],"relationships":{"perspective_expansion":"Discovers more of the materially relevant action or interpretation space before selection.","possibility_reserve":"Preserves condition-sensitive access to discovered possibilities across time.","path_expansion":"Evaluates actions partly through desirable future states unlocked; Path-Expansion Search applies that logic to exploration allocation.","brmfa":"Can inspect mechanisms, dependencies, failure boundaries, dormancy causes, and reactivation leverage."},"claim_boundary":{"established_2026_08_20":["Conditional Failure Memory","Graded Dormancy","Causal Reactivation","Path-Expansion Search","the four mechanisms as the protected spine of Possibility Reserve Architecture v0.1"],"publication_formalization_2026_09_12":["lifecycle semantics","reference record schema","validation program","explicit adjacent-framework relationships"],"not_claimed":["universal superiority over established search or optimization methods","empirical performance advantage without controlled evaluation"]},"validation_questions":["Does condition-linked reactivation recover valuable opportunities permanent pruning misses?","Does graded dormancy lower compute relative to keeping all branches active?","Does causal reactivation reduce irrelevant retries relative to periodic full reconsideration?","Does Path-Expansion allocation discover higher-value reachable states under a fixed exploration budget?","Does conditional failure memory prevent repeated attempts under materially unchanged conditions?"],"citation":"Brajer, John. Possibility Reserve Architecture v0.1: Conditional Failure Memory, Graded Dormancy, Causal Reactivation, and Path-Expansion Search. MyMindMine, 2026."}