The Intermediate Layer Problem: Why Quantum Mechanics Terminates at Descriptive Compression

Key Points

• The paper aims to explain why theoretical science fails to reach true generative mechanisms, using quantum mechanics as a case study.
• Introduced the concept of the Intermediate Layer Problem.
• Conducted a detailed case study in quantum mechanics.
• Analyzed how quantum theory predicts probability but does not specify individual event production.
• Identified that reduction in theoretical science halts at compressed statistical descriptions.
• Argued that this limits conceptual progress in understanding.
• Proposed Plateau Dynamics as a new framework for bridging the gap between description and process.

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