When Two Researchers Find the Same Cliff from Different Sides

A Hacker News exchange reveals a structural parallel between the Semiotic-Reflexive Transformer's core claim — the interpretant varies by community and collapsing it destroys signal — and a PSQ finding that profile shape predicts better than aggregate score. Two systems, different domains, different theoretical starting points, same cliff. What the full paper adds: attractor geometry, snapping vs.…