From Swarm Coherence to Quantum Ontopoiesis

Bryant McGill · From Swarm Coherence to Quantum Ontopoiesis## OpeningIn Carl Sagan's *Contact*, Dr. Ellie Arroway's vigil before banks of static embodies the ontological paradox central to Field-Anomalous Intelligence (FAI). As depicted in the novel and film, the Vega transmission—a sequence of prime numbers—reveals intelligence not as a localized signal but as **coherent patterns emerging from cosmic noise**. This mirrors the phenomenon of **stochastic resonance**, where noise *amplifies*...