The Wick

The Wick is a diagrammatic model used in debates over Complex Protism. It generalizes earlier two‑box sketches into a directed acyclic graph (DAG) whose nodes can be either theoric domains or inhabited worlds, and whose one‑way arrows represent the percolation of theorical information or influence across them. Some speakers also refer to this underlying network as the “world-DAG,” and speak of percolation along it or “along the Wick.”

A distinctive feature of the Wick, as explained at table, is that it removes any hard boundary between the Hylaean Theoric World and lived worlds. In the same network, inhabited places—such as Arbre and “Quator”—may appear as nodes. Crucially, for the first time arrows may lead away from the Arbran causal domain toward other inhabited worlds, suggesting that an inhabited world might function as the Hylaean Theoric World for others, and so on in chains. This is presented as a way of speaking about how proofs and theoric “givens” seem to hold across many contexts rather than as a claim that the underlying structure has been demonstrated.

Discussion around the Wick included practical cautions and open questions. When asked how such a picture could be verified, a senior voice answered that it could not—unless those other worlds came to us. The diagram’s role, then, is to organize talk about one‑way information flow and to relate it to light‑bubble intuitions (effects propagate but do not loop). In current proceedings at the Convox, where work also concerns the Geometers, the Wick serves as a compact way to frame plurality‑of‑worlds talk without insisting on metaphysical commitments.

Key points - Structure: a one‑way, loop‑free network (DAG) whose nodes include both theoric domains and inhabited worlds. - Flow: arrows picture the direction of percolation of theorical “givens” or influence; in this framing, Arbre can have arrows pointing outward to other inhabited worlds. - Relation to other models: subsumes the two‑box picture by placing it within a larger network and naming positions “up‑Wick” and “down‑Wick” in use. - Terminology: some speakers call the underlying network the “world‑DAG,” and talk of percolation “along the Wick.” - Status: a working frame used in explanation and argument; its bold implications are treated as hypotheses rather than established fact.

Usage in current discussions

• Some avout have applied the Wick to explain how actions in Arbre’s domain might send out signals that travel down‑Wick to other inhabited worlds. In this framing, activity surrounding a turbulent period in Arbre’s history—often discussed in connection with events leading up to the Third Sack—has been hypothesized as having produced emanations that could be noticed by distant theors (for example, on a world called “Urnud”). These linkages are presented as inferences and not established evidence.
• Others have suggested that seemingly preternatural perception by certain avout might be explained as sensitivity to signals arriving from up‑Wick, rather than prophecy.
• Everyday usage includes directional talk such as “up‑Wick” and “down‑Wick” to situate worlds or sources relative to Arbre.