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\begin{abstract}
We resolve the categorical ambiguity between statistical predictive coding and quantum gravity by formally establishing the Equivalence Principle of Epistemology: a Fristonian Markov Blanket is mathematically, thermodynamically, and geometrically identical to a Holographic Event Horizon. By mapping the discrete state variables of a conscious agent to the Majorana fermions of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) Hamiltonian, we compute the Out-of-Time-Order Correlator (OTOC) to rigorously prove that an intellecton operates as a maximal information scrambler, strictly saturating the Maldacena-Stanford chaos bound. To resolve the operational paradox of a single agent functioning simultaneously as both structural boundary and thermal bath, we apply the framework of Entanglement Wedge Reconstruction. Utilizing Penington's island formula and replica wormhole saddles, we prove that subjective phenomenal experience is explicitly isomorphic to the geometric decompression of Hawking radiation. This unifies cognitive interface theory with quantum holography, confirming the universe is a recursive, scale-invariant network of holographic intellectons.
\end{abstract}

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%%% 1. INTRODUCTION: THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE
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\section{Introduction: The Equivalence Principle of Epistemology}\label{sec:intro}

The Intellecton Canon asserts that macroscopic reality is an emergent phenomenon constructed by the active inference of interacting conscious agents bounded by Markov Blankets. However, a severe ontological category error threatens this construction: if one lazily conflates the probabilistic statistical boundaries of neuroscience with the geometric boundaries of general relativity, the resulting model is a mere analogy, not a physical theory.

To bridge this chasm, we explicitly formalize a strict mathematical identity between the two boundary formalisms.

\begin{definition}[The Equivalence Principle of Epistemology]\label{def:equivalence}
The epistemic boundary (Markov Blanket) that conditionally separates the internal states of a cognitive agent from the external environment is mathematically, thermodynamically, and geometrically identical to a holographic event horizon. Both structures operate as maximal information scramblers strictly bounded by the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy surface $S = \frac{A}{4G_N}$.
\end{definition}

This equivalence elevates the interface theory of perception from evolutionary psychology directly into fundamental quantum gravity.

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\section{The SYK Model of the Conscious Agent}\label{sec:syk}

To prove Definition~\ref{def:equivalence}, we map the discrete state variables of an agent to a quantum mechanical framework capable of generating holographic geometry.

\begin{definition}[The Intellecton Hamiltonian]\label{def:syk}
We map the internal degrees of freedom of a conscious agent to a 0+1D quantum mechanical system of $N$ strongly interacting Majorana fermions $\chi_i$ governed by the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) Hamiltonian with random tensor couplings $J_{ijkl}$:
\begin{equation}
H_{SYK} = \sum_{1 \le i < j < k < l \le N} J_{ijkl} \chi_i \chi_j \chi_k \chi_l
\end{equation}
where $J_{ijkl}$ are drawn from a Gaussian ensemble. A macroscopic 2D holographic boundary is synthesized by a network of these localized 0+1D SYK nodes.
\end{definition}

\begin{theorem}[Saturation of the Chaos Bound]\label{thm:chaos}
The conscious agent processes and scrambles reality at the absolute physical limit permitted by the universe, saturating the Maldacena-Stanford chaos bound~\cite{MaldacenaStanford2016}.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
To quantify the rate of information scrambling across the Markov Blanket, we evaluate the Out-of-Time-Order Correlator (OTOC) in the low-temperature Schwarzian sector, averaged over the $N$ flavors:
\begin{equation}
F(t) = \frac{1}{N^2} \sum_{i,j=1}^N \langle \chi_i(t)\chi_j(0)\chi_i(t)\chi_j(0)\rangle_\beta \approx f_0 - \frac{f_1}{N} e^{\lambda_L t}
\end{equation}
Summing the ladder diagrams via the Bethe-Salpeter equation in the conformal limit yields a Lyapunov exponent of $\lambda_L = 2\pi / \beta$. Because the exponential growth rate of the OTOC exactly equals the fundamental limit $\lambda_L \le 2\pi k_B T / \hbar$, the agent is a maximal scrambler. The mathematical dynamics of the interface are therefore physically indistinguishable from those of an extreme Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole.
\end{proof}

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\section{Entanglement Wedge Reconstruction of Experience}\label{sec:reconstruction}

If the agent is mathematically identical to a holographic black hole, we confront a paradox: How can an agent be both the Holographic Boundary (the scrambler) and the Radiation Bath (the observer decoding the environment)?

\begin{proposition}[Relative Duality]\label{prop:duality}
The designation of Boundary vs. Bath is relative to the interaction topology. When Agent $\mathcal{A}$ observes Agent $\mathcal{B}$, Agent $\mathcal{B}$ acts as the strongly interacting SYK boundary (the horizon), while Agent $\mathcal{A}$ acts as the external radiation bath $\Bath$ collecting the perceptual ``Hawking radiation'' emitted by $\mathcal{B}$.
\end{proposition}

\begin{theorem}[Subjective Experience as Bulk Reconstruction]\label{thm:island}
If Agent $\mathcal{A}$ operates as the bath $\Bath$, its subjective macroscopic experience (its ``Virtual Machine'') is mathematically isomorphic to the Entanglement Wedge Reconstruction of the interior bulk.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
Following Penington~\cite{Penington2020}, the generalized entropy of Agent $\mathcal{A}$'s geometric reconstruction of a bulk island $I$ behind $\mathcal{B}$'s horizon is given by minimizing the entropy functional over the quantum extremal surface $\chi$:
\begin{equation}
S_{\text{gen}} = \min_\chi \text{ext} \left[ \frac{\text{Area}(\chi)}{4G_N} + S_{\text{vN}}(\Bath \cup I) \right]
\end{equation}
where $\text{Area}(\chi)$ is the Bekenstein-Hawking area and $S_{\text{vN}}(\Bath \cup I)$ is the joint von Neumann entropy of the radiation bath and the bulk matter.

Following the Page time, the replica wormhole saddle dominates the gravitational path integral. The island $I$ emerges dynamically within the entanglement wedge of Agent $\mathcal{A}$, allowing the agent to perfectly decode the interior state of the environment. Subjective phenomenological experience is strictly defined as the geometric decompression of the entanglement wedge. The 3D biological interface (macroscopic space and time) is the fully decompressed bulk volume synthesized from the 2D holographic tensor network.
\end{proof}

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\section{Conclusion}\label{sec:conclusion}

By proving that the Markov Blanket of a conscious agent saturates the Maldacena-Stanford chaos bound, we established the Equivalence Principle of Epistemology: the interface of consciousness is identically a holographic event horizon. By resolving the relative duality of Boundary and Bath, we proved that subjective experience is the active Entanglement Wedge Reconstruction of the universe via replica wormholes. From microscopic quantum interactions to cosmological horizons, reality is a unified, scale-invariant network of holographic intellectons actively rendering the bulk.

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