Paton, Andrew John: The Chinese Whispers Effect: Recursive Interpretive Drift, Historical Compression, and Admissibility Layering Within the Structural Fingerprint Method

Https://Doi.Org/10.5281/Zenodo.20623511. 2026This paper introduces “The Chinese Whispers Effect” as a structural concept within the Structural Fingerprint Method (SFM) and the wider Paton System. The framework proposes that informational reality naturally undergoes progressive distortion as it traverses between observers, cultures, symbolic systems, historical reconstruction layers, explanatory compression systems, and operational implementation environments. Rather than treating mythological