Coherence Routing
Click a start and an end on the field. Two routes appear: the plain shortest path, and the coherence-aware path, whose cost to cross a spot is divided by how coherent that spot is, so it bends to follow the bright corridors. The slider sets how much coherence matters. This is the coherence framework's real, defensible idea: not new physics, but a way to shape decisions and routing so they favour coherence. The lab has measured this exact win in real systems (network routing, candidate filtering). The bright field itself is defined by the .cl equation on the right, compiled in your browser.
A plane flying New York to London does not take the straight line on the map. The direct route can head straight into a headwind, or through rough air and pressure systems that burn extra fuel and add an hour. So airlines plan the route that rides the helpful winds and steps around the bad air. It can look longer on the map, yet it lands sooner and burns less fuel.
That is the amber path above. Bright means smooth, helpful air that is cheap to cross, and the path bends to ride those corridors even when the plain white straight-line route looks quicker. The lab has measured the same idea in real systems: sending data through the network links that actually carry it, and narrowing a long shortlist of candidates down to the few worth acting on.
The point: the straight line is rarely the cheap line. What you cross carries its own cost (wind, weather, congestion, risk), and coherence-aware routing is how you spend less crossing it, in time, in fuel, and in money.