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Polynon Theory: Tib Roibu on Cognitive Gravity & Boyd's OODA Loop


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What if thought has shape—and that shape guides what we notice, believe, and decide?

In this mind-expanding episode of No Way Out Podcast, Romanian researcher Tib Roibu unveils Polynon Theory—a revolutionary geometric framework where consciousness is primary, cognition is measurable spatial unfolding, and every polynon vertex = pure consciousness (non-event) while edges = holographic measures

Forget materialism vs. idealism. Tib charts a third path: a rigorous geometry of mind embracing paradox and precision. Revisit John Boyd’s OODA Loop through cognitive gravity—the invisible force where attention collapses around conceptual attractors, curving meaning, emotion, and decision trajectories just like mass bends space-time. 

Phenomena, fantasia, and noumena become coordinates in one cognitive space. The embedded observer is not external but a self-reflective function of consciousness, driving live feedback between perception and reality. Tib connects holographic edges, non-event vertices, cymatics, wave dynamics, and geometric deep learning to predictive processing, ecological psychology, conceptual spaces, and Eastern philosophy—without dogmatic orthodoxy. 

From psychedelic topology and meditative geometry to cognitive architecture and context-aware AI design, discover how Polynon Theory builds intuitive tools that reduce cognitive friction, deepen OODA orientation, and amplify novelty in living systems.

Watch the full geometric breakdown on YouTube

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John R. Boyd's Conceptual Spiral was originally titled No Way Out. In his own words: 

“There is no way out unless we can eliminate the features just cited. Since we don’t know how to do this, we must continue the whirl of reorientation…”

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