The Consistency Gate: Substrate-Cancellation Detection (V₁)

Editor&rsquo;s note: This essay predates Running Comes First but has been revised into alignment with its process-first framing. The core claim remains the same: contradiction is not a problem for the inference engine to tolerate, but a failed input condition that should be caught before it reaches the engine &mdash; and when caught late, retracted and repaired rather than reasoned through.…