---
slug: "Deep"
name: "Deep"
type: "Strategy"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Deep#16b0"
sema_id: "sema:Deep#mh:SHA-256:16b0cb8d6aa42a890215fb7a44e480c27360165de2249d205ee6c1b2d01896bb"
tags: ["Mind","Strategy"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Deep/
related: ["Discover","DeepResearch","GenealogicalTrace","HolographicShard","MentalSim"]
---

# Deep

Vertical search dimension

Layer: Mind · Category: Strategy

## Mechanism

The vertical axis of search and treatment: spending more to answer the same question at higher resolution, as against [Discover](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Discover.md), which moves horizontally to find more things. Recursive node expansion is one form; escalating a heuristic to a formal method is another that produces no tree.

## Invariants

- The deeper treatment answers the question the shallower one answered. It may raise new questions; answering a different one is a sideways move.
- The deeper treatment costs more compute or context than the one it supersedes.
- The deeper treatment is more specific than the one it supersedes.

## Failure modes

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## Builds on

- [Discover](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Discover.md) (Society; References)

## Used by

- [DeepResearch](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/DeepResearch.md) (Mind; References)
- [GenealogicalTrace](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/GenealogicalTrace.md) (Society; References)
- [HolographicShard](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/HolographicShard.md) (Mind; References)
- [MentalSim](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/MentalSim.md) (Mind; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Deep#mh:SHA-256:16b0cb8d6aa42a890215fb7a44e480c27360165de2249d205ee6c1b2d01896bb`
- Ref: `Deep#16b0`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Deep#mh:SHA-256:12d38ea71c013360157896fb4bcd9ff94ea07e3f49fe2164b35e14754f400824`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Deep/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#Deep)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Deep.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)