The Ontological Asymmetry

Good and Evil Are Not Equal Opposites

PRIMARY
COHERENCE
Order • Creation • Being
✓ Self-sustaining
✓ Generative (+1)
✓ Creates structure
✓ Builds complexity
✓ Fundamental existence
≠
SECONDARY
DECOHERENCE
Chaos • Destruction • Non-being
✗ Parasitic on order
✗ Destructive (-1)
✗ Breaks structure
✗ Reduces complexity
✗ Absence/privation

The Fundamental Asymmetry

Coherence can exist independently and create order from chaos.

Decoherence cannot exist independently—it can only break what coherence has built.

Like light and darkness: light is a thing, darkness is the absence of light.