Intelligence Mechanism

Structure, not statistics

Doorway implements intelligence as structural pattern matching, not statistical correlation. The difference is fundamental: statistical models find patterns in data, structural models find patterns in geometry. Geometry is invariant — a triangle is stable regardless of what it represents.

Geometric intelligence

Intelligence in Doorway is the ability to map inputs to geometric structures, detect gaps in those mappings, bridge gaps with explicit assumptions, and maintain chain consistency. This is a formal, verifiable process — not a black box.

The verification difference

Because intelligence is structural, it can be verified. Every output includes the shape it was matched against, the gap score, the bridge (if any), and the conflict status. You can inspect why the engine reached its conclusion. This is not interpretability as an afterthought — it is a consequence of the architecture.

Implications

If intelligence is structural, then scaling intelligence means adding more shapes, improving gap detection, and building better bridges. It does not mean bigger models or more parameters. The mechanism is the architecture, not the scale.