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Applied Case: The Pregnancy Test for Consciousness

A simulation is not proof of experience. A substrate is not proof of emptiness.

Pope Leo and the Optimizable Human

Magnifica Humanitas warns that artificial intelligence may teach people to treat themselves as optimization projects. The project shipped years ago.

Field Instruments: Disruption

Peter Thiel is right that institutions ossify. His answer builds an institution designed to survive its own correction.

Applied Case: The Brother of Jesus Christ

He failed the examination, so he moved the examination to Heaven.

Transition Action: The Signal Never Becomes Data

A mechanical soft force sensor converts touch directly into fluidic action. Data remains available. The first response no longer has to wait for it.

The Schizophrenia Firewall Has Been Published

Psychiatry claims jurisdiction over psychosis when it wants power, then disclaims competence when the patient asks for voluntary care.

Fictional Earth: Reddit and the Local World Machine

Every subreddit gets a constitution. [L]