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Renormalization group explains universality — same exponents across different microscopic details.\",\n  \"scale\": \"molecular → civilization\",\n  \"claim_tier\": \"T1 (core physics) / T2 (ubiquity claims)\",\n  \"sources\": [\n    \"Bak, P., Tang, C. & Wiesenfeld, K. (1987). 'Self-Organized Criticality.' Phys. Rev. A, 38(1), 364-374.\",\n    \"Kauffman, S.A. (1993). The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution. Oxford.\",\n    \"Langton, C.G. (1990). 'Computation at the Edge of Chaos.' Physica D, 42(1-3), 12-37.\",\n    \"Wilson, K.G. (1971). 'Renormalization Group and Critical Phenomena.' Phys. Rev. B, 4(9), 3174-3183.\",\n    \"Beggs, J.M. & Plenz, D. (2003). 'Neuronal Avalanches in Neocortical Circuits.' J. Neurosci., 23(35), 11167-11177.\"\n  ],\n  \"dual\": \"Rigid lattice (too ordered, no information processing) vs. pure randomness (too noisy, no structure to propagate).\",\n  \"falsifier\": \"A living or adaptive system provably tuned far from criticality (deeply subcritical or supercritical) with no power-law signatures in its event statistics, yet performing as well as or better than critical systems.\",\n  \"rival_frame\": \"Criticality is an artifact of observation. Power laws appear because we look for them (using log-log plots) and because they are mathematically easy to fit. Most claimed SOC systems are actually tuned to criticality by external parameters, not self-organized. The 'edge of chaos' is a slogan, not a mechanism.\",\n  \"independence_check\": \"HIGH. Bak (physics, Brookhaven) derived SOC from sandpile models. Kauffman (theoretical biology, Santa Fe) derived the edge of chaos from Boolean network dynamics. 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Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.\n---\n\n# Node C05: Criticality / Edge of Chaos / Power Laws\n\nThis Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/oip-node-c05-criticality-edge-of-chaos-power-laws). It does not repeat the article's human prose.\n\n## Orient\n\n- Read the machine article at /api/articles/oip-node-c05-criticality-edge-of-chaos-power-laws.\n- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/oip-node-c05-criticality-edge-of-chaos-power-laws/topology.\n- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.\n\n## Apply\n\n1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.\n2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.\n3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.\n4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.\n5. 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