soft3/cybergraph/specs/valence.md

valence

the fifth field of a cyberlink: $v \in \{-1, 0, +1\}$. the epistemic prediction — the neuron's forecast of where the ICBS market on this edge will converge.

$$v(\ell) \in \{-1,\, 0,\, +1\}$$

value meaning market prediction
$+1$ affirm the ICBS market will converge toward TRUE
$0$ agnostic no epistemic prediction — structural assertion only
$-1$ negate the ICBS market will converge toward FALSE

the third layer

valence is the epistemic dimension of the cyberlink's layered structure, orthogonal to the other two:

layer field(s) type what it encodes
structural $(from, to)$ binary connection exists or does not
economic box $(\tau, a)$ continuous conviction depth
epistemic $v$ ternary prediction of collective judgment

every combination of $v$ and the box magnitude is meaningful — see cyberlink CRUD table.

what valence feeds (computed in tru)

the valence field IS the Bayesian Truth Serum meta-prediction — no separate submission step. how it scores, accumulates into karma, and enters the effective adjacency $A^{\text{eff}}$ through the ICBS market price $f(m(\ell))$ is computed by the tru, not here. cybergraph carries the field; tru runs the epistemic dynamics.

see cyberlink for the full 5-tuple · tru / truth-scoring for BTS scoring and karma · inversely coupled bonding surface for the market substrate.

Homonyms

tru/docs/explanations/valence
soft3/tru/docs/explanation/valence
valence valence is $v \in \{-1, 0, +1\}$ — the fifth field of a cyberlink. it is simultaneously an accounting primitive (debit/credit/hold), an epistemic prediction (challenge/void/affirm), and the seed that initializes the ICBS market on a link. these are not different interpretations. they are…
soft3/tru/docs/terms/valence
valence the ternary epistemic field of a cyberlink: $v \in \{-1,\,0,\,+1\}$. cybergraph carries the field; tru runs the dynamics it seeds. valence is the neuron's meta-prediction, fixed at link creation, of where the inversely coupled bonding surface|ICBS market on that edge will settle — the…

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