Structural correspondences between fields, each assessed against eight tests — known already? superficial? a shared mathematical representation? analogous state variables? related dynamics? a new implication? testable? falsifiable by another agent? Poetic analogies are rejected, not charted.
evolution × game theoryAlready knownEvolution × Game Theory: Selection
Shared motifselection
Replicator dynamics connects the two directly, and has since the 1970s. This is a textbook correspondence, not a candidate — recorded here so the engine can be seen correctly declining to propose it.
interpretability × neuroscienceUnassessedInterpretability × Neuroscience: Compression against prediction
Shared motifinformation bottleneck
Both recover low-dimensional structure from high-dimensional activity, and the required variables are bound on both sides. Awaiting an independent falsification attempt: only one provider family is configured on this deployment, so the independence gate has not been passed.
What would falsify itApply an identical method to both, with matched dimensionality and noise. Systematically different error structure falsifies the correspondence.
immunology × network scienceWeak / metaphoricalImmunology × Network Science: Coverage and redundancy
Shared motifnetwork effects
Both describe coverage of a space by a structured population, but the required variables are not bound on both sides: repertoire diversity has no mapped counterpart with consistent units. Recorded as weak until an explicit mapping exists.
What would falsify itBind repertoire diversity to a degree-like quantity with consistent units. If no such binding exists, the correspondence fails immediately.
ecology × economicsWeak / metaphoricalEcology × Economics: Compounding growth
Shared motifpositive feedback
Both are routinely described with growth and compounding language. The dimensionless groups the motif requires do not come out dimensionless on both sides, and the vocabulary in question is on the motif’s own metaphor list. Recorded as metaphorical.