Overview
The work presented here is part of an independent research program examining how meaning, coherence, and coordination break down — and re-form — under conditions of scale, speed, abstraction, and technological mediation.
Rather than proposing new doctrines or optimization strategies, this work is diagnostic in nature.
It is concerned with identifying representational mismatch: situations where the tools used to describe, measure, or reason about a system no longer align with the structure of the system itself.
These papers do not aim to persuade, optimize, or govern.
They are designed to:
- identify representational mismatch
- preserve falsifiability under scale
- clarify coordination failures without assigning blame
They are not intended to:
- optimize messaging
- influence belief
- justify authority
- function as ideological or political tests
Misapplication is itself diagnostic.
The Tang Papers
This research program is collectively referred to as The Tang Papers — a staged body of open, citable work developed between 2025–present.
The papers are organized as a diagnostic spine, not a linear theory:
- early stages establish foundational distinctions
- later stages apply those distinctions across domains
- synthesis papers integrate without collapsing domains or claims
The work is methodological rather than ontological.
No new physical laws, metaphysical assertions, or belief systems are proposed.
Authorship & Accountability
All research is authored by:
Lit Meng (Robert) Tang
Independent Researcher
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
ORCID: 0009-0006-1121-6837
All theoretical claims, interpretations, and conclusions remain under sole human responsibility.
Large language models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) are used as analytical instruments for refinement and stress-testing under the Human–AI Collaborative Research (HAICR) methodology. They are not treated as authorities or sources of truth.
Publications & Citation Anchor
Formal research papers associated with The Tang Papers are published as open-access preprints and archived for citation.
The canonical research spine is anchored here:
🔗 https://www.dancescape.com/research
This archive serves as the stable citation endpoint for all Zenodo publications, including foundational and applied papers.
Future papers will continue to reference this archive to preserve continuity and citability.
Navigation Note
This site (robert-tang.com) curates:
- interpretive essays
- cross-domain synthesis
- public-facing explanations
- contextual writing that translates research without instrumentalizing it
The formal research record remains intentionally centralized at:
🔗 https://www.dancescape.com/research
This separation preserves clarity between diagnosis and interpretation, and prevents research artifacts from being mistaken for tools, strategies, or prescriptions.