Mediation Quotient (MQ): Toward a Theory of Coherent Complementarity Management

This foundational note proposes Mediation Quotient (MQ) as a candidate cognitive construct beyond conventional Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Emotional Quotient (EQ). MQ is defined as agent-level mediation capacity under irreversible distinction collapse: the ability to preserve coherent distinguishability across non-invertible commit-steps without premature closure, fragmentation, or oversimplification. The proposal is grounded in the CT architecture τ₀ → QIB → IB → Distinguishable → Adjacency → Space, where coherent structure emerges through mediated irreversible distinction rather than from primitive static objects. Within this framing, cognition is interpreted as a process of stabilizing distinguishability…