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This library separates a source’s existence from the truth of every claim it contains. A proponent’s interview is a primary source for their views; it is not independent confirmation of an entity or event. Podcast chapter notes are useful listening leads, with full listening still pending where noted.

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Strange places

Small doors into the strange web

WebsiteInteractive web artwork

Arkadia (external source, opens a new tab)

Sophia Schomberg and Nikolaus Baumgarten · 2015

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Live landing page and visible presentation checked 19 October 2026. Continuous zoom; no sound needed. This is a bounded inspection of the linked experience, not of every outbound link. Wayback links are capture-history lookups, not verified working archived editions.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · arkadia.xyz

WebsiteInteractive web artwork

Infinite Flowers (external source, opens a new tab)

Nikolaus Baumgarten · 2023 (live-page credit)

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Live landing page and visible presentation checked 19 October 2026. Continuous zoom. This is a bounded inspection of the linked experience, not of every outbound link. Wayback links are capture-history lookups, not verified working archived editions. The live page credits 2023; the Zoomquilt history mentions a 2022 successor. The directory uses the date on the work itself.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · infiniteflowers.net

WebsiteInteractive web artwork

Silk (external source, opens a new tab)

Yuri Vishnevsky; music and sound by Mat Jarvis · Undated live edition

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Live landing page and visible presentation checked 19 October 2026. Pointer interaction; optional sound. This is a bounded inspection of the linked experience, not of every outbound link. Wayback links are capture-history lookups, not verified working archived editions.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · weavesilk.com

WebsiteInteractive web artwork

Koalas to the Max (external source, opens a new tab)

Vadim Ogievetsky; made for Annie Albagli · Undated live edition

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Live landing page and visible presentation checked 19 October 2026. Best with a pointer; gentle reveal. This is a bounded inspection of the linked experience, not of every outbound link. Wayback links are capture-history lookups, not verified working archived editions.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · koalastothemax.com

WebsiteInteractive web artwork

Patatap (external source, opens a new tab)

Jono Brandel and Lullatone · Undated live edition

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Live landing page and visible presentation checked 19 October 2026. Sound and rapid colour changes; flashing imagery. This is a bounded inspection of the linked experience, not of every outbound link. Wayback links are capture-history lookups, not verified working archived editions.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · patatap.com

WebsiteInteractive web artwork

Orb.Farm (external source, opens a new tab)

Max Bittker · Undated live edition

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Independent browser review on 22 October 2026 completed the four-step onboarding, inspected the rendered pixel aquarium and placed water by dragging. The linked info panel confirms Max Bittker’s authorship and describes the virtual ecosystem. The exact Wayback capture-history URL loaded its calendar; individual archived simulation playback was not verified. This bounded review does not certify every outbound destination.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-22 · orb.farm

WebsiteInteractive web artwork

Big Long Now (external source, opens a new tab)

Rafaël Rozendaal · 2006

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Checked 20 October 2026. Page and door-drag interaction checked in the browser. White space and repeated line-drawn doors; no frightening reveal observed in this short inspection. Page title credits the artist and Sébastien de Ganay collection.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-20 · biglongnow.com

WebsiteBrowser simulation

Sandspiel (external source, opens a new tab)

Max Bittker · Undated live edition

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Checked 20 October 2026. Canvas, sand selection and drawing interaction worked. Creator attribution read in Info. Optional consent could be declined; advertising remains present. Community submissions were not reviewed.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-20 · sandspiel.club

WebsiteVisual music

Typatone (external source, opens a new tab)

Jono Brandel / Lullatone · 2015–present

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Checked 20 October 2026. Free editor, on-screen keyboard, explanation and creator credits inspected. Typed a letter and saw it appear in the editor. Audio quality and export were not tested.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-20 · typatone.com

WebsiteScientific visualisation

earth (external source, opens a new tab)

Cameron Beccario / Nullschool Technologies · Undated live edition

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Checked 20 October 2026. Public globe and flowing wind visualisation rendered without login or payment. Model/data explanation read separately; this is not webcam footage.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-20 · earth.nullschool.net

WebsiteCreator documentation

About earth (external source, opens a new tab)

Cameron Beccario / Nullschool Technologies · Undated live edition

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Checked 20 October 2026. Read update frequencies, author credit and scientific data sources. Wind is forecast-model visualisation rather than a live camera.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-20 · earth.nullschool.net

WebsiteAquarium webcam

Jelly Cam (external source, opens a new tab)

Monterey Bay Aquarium · Undated live edition

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Checked 20 October 2026. Official camera page opened, optional cookies rejected and embedded video played visibly without login or payment. Page said camera live now; schedule and stream availability can change.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-20 · montereybayaquarium.org

The library that seems to contain everything

WebsiteCreator explanation

About the Library (external source, opens a new tab)

Jonathan Basile · Undated live edition

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Checked 20 October 2026. Read the explanation of the character space, Borges inspiration and creator attribution. The page also discusses the literary estate; not a review of every linked essay.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-20 · libraryofbabel.info

Art & literatureLiterary interpretation

Why Hexagons, part 1 (external source, opens a new tab)

Jonathan Basile · Undated live edition

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Checked 20 October 2026. Read the discussion of gallery connections and the ambiguity of Borges’ architecture. Literary analysis, not a claim about a physically existing universe.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-20 · libraryofbabel.info

Familiar places, slightly elsewhere

Art & literatureMuseum collection record

The Song of Love (external source, opens a new tab)

Giorgio de Chirico / Museum of Modern Art · 1914

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MoMA collection record and commentary inspected 19 October 2026. The connection to contemporary dreamcore is a curatorial comparison, not a term used by the painter.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · moma.org

Art & literatureMuseum interpretation

Surrealism and Dreams (external source, opens a new tab)

Museum of Modern Art · Undated collection essay

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Museum essay inspected 19 October 2026. It explains surrealist interests in dreams and automatism. This is a reference about art history; the broader collection includes some unsettling works.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · moma.org

Tradition & esotericBuddhist commentary

The Luminous Gap in Bardo (external source, opens a new tab)

Francesca Fremantle / Tricycle · Winter 2001

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Published excerpt from Luminous Emptiness inspected 19 October 2026. Fremantle discusses six bardos and everyday transitions. Religious interpretation, not empirical evidence of an afterlife. The destination also contains reader comments outside this curation.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · tricycle.org

The city has another map

Art & literatureSituationist essay

Theory of the Dérive (external source, opens a new tab)

Guy Debord / translated by Ken Knabb · 1956 / 1958; revised anthology 2024

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Text and translator’s publication note inspected 19 October 2026. The 1958 version follows an earlier 1956 publication. A historical artistic and political practice, not an experimental psychology result.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · bopsecrets.org

Commentary & interviewAuthor interview

In Correspondence with Will Self (external source, opens a new tab)

Geoff Nicholson interviewing Will Self / The Believer · 2009-06-01

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Full primary interview text retrieved freely without account or payment on 20 October 2026. Programmed walks, functional walking and airport walks inspected. Books not read for this entry; browser visual review not performed.

Read the interview · The Believer · checked 2026-10-20 · thebeliever.net

Commentary & interviewAuthor interview

The Other London Perambulator: John Rogers (external source, opens a new tab)

Adam Scovell interviewing John Rogers / 3:AM Magazine · 2016-09-26

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Complete primary interview text retrieved freely without account or payment on 20 October 2026. Filmmaking method, collaborative walks and the distinction between The London Perambulator and London Overground inspected. Films and YouTube playback not reviewed; browser visual review not performed.

Read the interview · 3:AM · checked 2026-10-20 · 3ammagazine.com

Commentary & interviewAuthor interview

Nick Papadimitriou | Interview (external source, opens a new tab)

Ted Hodgkinson interviewing Nick Papadimitriou / Granta · 2012-05-22

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Complete primary interview text retrieved freely without account or payment on 20 October 2026. Landscape, walking, writing and deep topography inspected. Subscription UI exists elsewhere; this interview text was complete. Scarp and its separate linked excerpt not read for this entry; browser visual review not performed.

Read the interview · Granta · checked 2026-10-20 · granta.com

Commentary & interviewAuthor interview

Walking, Witnessing, Mapping: An Interview with Iain Sinclair (external source, opens a new tab)

David Cooper and Les Roberts interviewing Iain Sinclair · n.d.

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Full 20-page university-hosted PDF text extracted freely without account or payment on 20 October 2026. Opening discussion of mapping and later discussion of deep topography and filmmaking inspected. Publication year not confirmed. Figure placeholders are present; this is an interview reading copy, not a verified illustrated facsimile. Browser visual review not performed.

Read the interview · PDF · checked 2026-10-20 · e-space.mmu.ac.uk

Mind & perception

Quantum minds & information realities

Theory & argumentConsciousness hypothesis

Consciousness in the universe A review of the Orch OR theory · free reading link pending

Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose · 2014

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Review and theory account checked; no experimental validation inferred.

Free reading link pending review.

Theory & argumentEarlier consciousness hypothesis exposition

Consciousness in the Universe: Neuroscience, Quantum Space-Time Geometry and Orch OR Theory (external source, opens a new tab)

Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff · 2011

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Author University of Arizona publications page links this PDF; direct PDF retrieval parsed50pages with correct title, authors and explanatory sections. Earlier2011work, not the2014review: retain original citation separately and label as alternative reading.

Read free earlier paper · checked 2026-10-19 · neurohumanitiestudies.eu

John C Lilly & the human biocomputer

History & recordBibliographic record

Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer · free reading link pending

John C Lilly / Smithsonian record · 1968

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What was checked

Smithsonian catalogue record checked; establishes publication, not the model’s validity.

Free reading link pending review.

DMT, LSD & the machine elves

Research & assessmentRetrospective survey

Survey of entity encounter experiences occasioned by inhaled DMT (external source, opens a new tab)

Alan Davis and colleagues · 2020

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Full original paper checked in archived copy; selected sample of prior entity encounters.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · gwern.net

Reported experienceAuthor memoir and interpretation

LSD — My Problem Child (external source, opens a new tab)

Albert Hofmann / MAPS archival PDF · 1980 English edition

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Publisher description checked; full memoir not reviewed for this entry. Access update, 20 October 2026: Direct MAPS PDF retrieved and parsed as102pages including contents and full chapters. Public reading copy verified; memoir not reviewed in full.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · maps.org

Research & assessmentNeuroimaging study

Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging (external source, opens a new tab)

Carhart-Harris and colleagues / PNAS · 2016

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Publisher-indexed study text checked; direct PMC fetch encountered a browser check; full paper not reviewed. Access update, 20 October 2026: Actual browser loaded correct full paper without account/payment; Results and Methods headings confirmed. This check verifies reading access, not new scientific validation.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Commentary & interviewProponent interview

Graham Hancock: The Alien Mystery is FAR Stranger Than We Think… · free reading link pending

Graham Hancock / Jesse Michels Clips · 16 October 2026

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The interview remains a bibliographic reference for attributed claims. Its reading link is withheld from this public edition because the destination includes practical drug advice.

Free reading link pending review.

Remote viewing & intelligence research

Research & assessmentExperimental paper — declassified typescript

Information transmission under conditions of sensory shielding (external source, opens a new tab)

Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff / declassified typescript hosted by The Black Vault · 1974 paper; declassified 2001

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Indexed abstract checked; full publisher page fetch redirected. Access update, 20 October 2026: 20-page scan freely fetched. Cover identifies the same paper and Nature publication, with CIA release identifier RDP96-00787R000100220001-8; opening, experimental sections and references readable. This is a typescript, not publisher layout.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · documents2.theblackvault.com

Research & assessmentProgramme evaluation

An Evaluation of Remote Viewing Research and Applications (external source, opens a new tab)

Mumford, Rose and Goslin / American Institutes for Research · 29 September 1995

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Full report text checked, including executive summary E-3–E-5; university-hosted copy.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · alice.id.tue.nl

History & recordDeclassified session record

Mars Exploration May 22 1984 (external source, opens a new tab)

Monitor and Subject / declassified CIA collection · 22 May 1984

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Nine-page original scan downloaded and rendered. Cover, method, mid-interview and concluding page visually verified as readable. Session record is not verification of its reported experiences.

Read the declassified scan — 9-page PDF · checked 2026-10-19 · commons.wikimedia.org

The Telepathy Tapes & the Hill

Reported experienceReported experiences / official podcast transcript

Telepathic Communication between friends and groups (external source, opens a new tab)

Ky Dickens / The Telepathy Tapes · 23 September 2024

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Official episode page and relevant timestamped transcript passages checked, especially 05:52 and 38:09–39:48. Full audio not reviewed; transcript production method unspecified.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · thetelepathytapes.com

Reported experiencePersonal account / official podcast transcript

A Volunteer’s Passage to the Hill (external source, opens a new tab)

Ky Dickens and Dan Kolen / Talk Tracks · 19 January 2025

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Official episode metadata and transcript checked, especially 08:00–18:00; Apple publisher listing independently confirms release. Audio not reviewed.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · thetelepathytapes.com

Reported experienceSpiritual and bereavement accounts / official transcript

Telepathy Across Dimensions, Death, and Beyond (external source, opens a new tab)

Ky Dickens / The Telepathy Tapes · 25 November 2024

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Official metadata and relevant transcript sections checked, especially 16:17–16:33 and 25:29–27:29. Full audio not reviewed.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · thetelepathytapes.com

Research & assessmentOriginal controlled authorship study / full technical report (PDF)

An Experimental Assessment of Facilitated Communication: A Technical Assistance Report on Best Practices, Report 92-TA1 (external source, opens a new tab)

Douglas L. Wheeler, John W. Jacobson, Raymond A. Paglieri and Allen A. Schwartz / O.D. Heck Developmental Center · August 1992 technical report; related journal article February 1993

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Original study abstract and bibliographic record checked on PubMed; full paper not reviewed. Not a test of this podcast. Access update, 20 October 2026: 29-page government education-repository PDF opened. Cover, author list, abstract and substantive report accessible. Same four authors and 12-participant/9-facilitator experiment as 1993 PubMed abstract. Treat as earlier report version, not journal PDF. Permission-to-reproduce statement visible.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · files.eric.ed.gov

Astral projection and other planes

History & recordFirst-party history and archival caption

History / Early History and Development (external source, opens a new tab)

The Monroe Institute; linked account by Robert A Monroe · Retrospective; circa 1974 photograph

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Official history and photograph caption read; linked first-person early-history article also read. Caption is institutional identification, not independently authenticated photograph analysis. Checked 19 October 2026.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · monroeinstitute.org

History & recordDeclassified Army theoretical assessment

Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process (external source, opens a new tab)

US Army Operational Group / Wayne M McDonnell · 9 June 1983; release stamp 10 September 2003

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Archival scan cover memorandum, opening discussion and conclusion read. Army attribution/date explicit; handwritten author signature OCR illegible. GovInfo official Army catalogue checked: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-D101-PURL-gpo152943 . Checked 19 October 2026.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · documents2.theblackvault.com

Art at the edge of perception

Art & literatureMuseum artwork documentation

Dreamachine — ZKM collection record (external source, opens a new tab)

Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville / ZKM · 1960–1961; collection edition 2012

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Museum description and artist/date record freely read 20 October 2026. Concept and later collection edition distinguished; static documentation, not an experience or medical finding.

Read free artwork account · checked 2026-10-19 · zkm.de

Art & literatureArtist statement

Very Nervous System — Interaction95 (external source, opens a new tab)

David Rokeby / IAMAS · 1995 presentation; page updated 1999

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Full short first-person statement and project description freely read 20 October 2026. Feedback mechanism and artist’s interpretation distinguished from claims about AI or consciousness.

Read free artwork account · checked 2026-10-19 · iamas.ac.jp

Art & literatureArtist project documentation

Microphones (Subsculpture 10) (external source, opens a new tab)

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer · 2008

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Project description, date, images and production credits freely read 20 October 2026. Describes recorded-voice retrieval; documentation videos and visitor recordings not reviewed.

Read free artwork account · checked 2026-10-19 · lozano-hemmer.com

Art & literatureArtist documentation

Pablo Amaringo — artist biography and works (external source, opens a new tab)

ACA Galleries · Undated artist catalogue

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Artist biography and artwork listings read on 20 October 2026. Gallery text is freely accessible; no licence to reproduce the paintings is asserted.

View free artist catalogue · checked 2026-10-20 · acagalleries.com

History & recordHistory of science

A look inside Bedeviled (external source, opens a new tab)

Jimena Canales / Princeton University Press · 6 September 2022

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Free publisher excerpt read on 20 October 2026; the full 2020 book was not reviewed. Scientific demons here are notional agents in thought experiments.

Read free book excerpt · checked 2026-10-20 · press.princeton.edu

Art & literatureMuseum collection record

Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions (external source, opens a new tab)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art; artwork by Anna Atkins · Undated web page

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Read complete curatorial description and artwork details on 22 October 2026. Substantive free text, public-domain label and no payment or account gate observed. Album dated 1843–53; page publication date not shown.

Read museum account · checked 2026-10-22 · metmuseum.org

History & recordHistory of science

Anna Atkins’s cyanotypes: The first book of photographs (external source, opens a new tab)

Kerry Lotzof / Natural History Museum · Undated web page

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Read article body including biography, book-history section and process explanation on 22 October 2026. Free substantial text with no account/paywall. Historical slavery-related family-wealth discussion is factual, non-graphic context, not entertainment. Related links and recipe interactions not followed. No process exercise is reproduced in our draft.

Read museum account · checked 2026-10-22 · nhm.ac.uk

Random Music

Art & literaturePersonal artwork archive

Random Music — Johnny Venables’ personal archive

Johnny Venables · circa 1992; account recorded 2026

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Johnny’s personal notebook and original photographs read and inspected. Date and degree-show context are the artist’s recollection. Recording recovery remains pending. These are his chance-composition experiments, not evidence of formal AI open-endedness.

Read archive notes · checked 2026-10-19 · This Cabinet

Belief & meaning

The space between states

Tradition & esotericAuthorised publisher commentary excerpt

The Tibetan Book of the Dead — introductory commentary excerpt (external source, opens a new tab)

Dalai Lama (commentary); Gyurme Dorje (translator); Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa (editors) / Penguin Classics · 2007 edition

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Publisher description, edition and translation credits checked 19 October 2026; full translation not read for this entry. The book addresses dying and after-death states within Tibetan Buddhism. This chapter focuses on awareness and transition, without graphic imagery. Access update, 20 October 2026: Actual IAB EXCERPT tab opened substantial introductory commentary on consciousness, interdependence, sleep/dreams and Tibetan religious views. No account/payment requested. The fragment is exposed by publisher navigation. This is commentary, not the entire translated scripture; religious claims not scientific evidence.

Read free excerpt · checked 2026-10-19 · penguinrandomhousehighereducation.com

Channeling & claimed nonhuman voices

Reported experiencePrimary session archive

Ra Contact Session 1 (external source, opens a new tab)

L/L Research · 15 January 1981

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Indexed PDF excerpt checked for session date; full PDF not reviewed. Access update, 20 October 2026: Official HTML session transcript opened and read in the browser without login/payment. Introductory disclaimer and numbered questions/answers visible; replaces hard-to-render PDF.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · llresearch.org

Magic and models of mind

Theory & argumentPublisher description and original interview excerpt

Prometheus Rising · free reading link pending

Robert Anton Wilson / Hilaritas Press · 1983 original; current publisher page

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Trust publisher page and reproduced James Wallis interview excerpt checked; full book not read; original full interview link failed.

Free reading link pending review.

Theory & argumentOfficial publisher book excerpt (PDF)

Food of the Gods — authorised publisher sample (external source, opens a new tab)

Terence McKenna; foreword by Dennis McKenna / Rider · 1992 original; 2021 sample edition

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Official description and format dates checked; original book not read in full. Penguin UK 41-page sample also opened. Access update, 20 October 2026: 41-page PDF from publisher CDN opened. Includes contents, Dennis McKenna foreword and original introduction; not full book. This is a different edition from the original US catalogue URL.

Read free excerpt · checked 2026-10-19 · cdn.penguin.co.uk

Reported experienceOriginal speaker transcript in third-party archive

In Search of the Original Tree of Knowledge (external source, opens a new tab)

Terence McKenna / archived workshop transcript · 29 May 1992

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Opening speaker passages checked, including explicit Food of the Gods connection. Original audio not reviewed; full ten-hour workshop not reviewed.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · organism.earth

Tradition & esotericOfficial publisher description

Liber Null & Psychonaut · free reading link pending

Peter J. Carroll / Weiser Books · 1987 combined edition; revised edition 1 June 2022

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Publisher description and edition history checked; full book not read. Wilson endorsement appears on publisher page.

Free reading link pending review.

Tradition & esotericPublisher-authorised excerpt at bookseller

Liber Null & Psychonaut — authorised chapter-one excerpt (external source, opens a new tab)

Peter J. Carroll / Red Wheel-Weiser; excerpt hosted by AbeBooks · 1987 edition

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In unsigned IAB clicked About this title then More: substantial Liber MMM chapter text appeared. Explicit copyright and permission notice names Red Wheel/Weiser and Dial-A-Book. Earlier edition, not 2022 expanded edition; retailer purchase controls are separate. Not a free full book.

Read free chapter excerpt · checked 2026-10-19 · abebooks.co.uk

Revelation, living information & counterculture

History & recordHistorical scholarship — licensed book excerpt

How the Hippies Saved Physics — chapter2 excerpt (external source, opens a new tab)

David Kaiser / Scientific American · 30 January2012; excerpt from2011book

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Full author research webpage and relevant book description checked; book not read for this review. Access update, 20 October 2026: Direct web and actual browser rendered the licensed chapter2pp25–38 excerpt through final Clauser discussion without payment or login; subscription appeal is optional. Full book remains outside this reading link.

Read free excerpt · checked 2026-10-19 · scientificamerican.com

Machines & futures

Bell Labs, Roswell & reproducing machines

Research & assessmentOriginal paper

A Mathematical Theory of Communication (external source, opens a new tab)

Claude Shannon / MIT-hosted reprint · 1948

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Paper identity and publication history checked; no complete technical review. Access update, 20 October 2026: Full 55-page reprint with corrections opens without a gate; title, authorship and paper text verified for access, not a complete technical review.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · web.mit.edu

Reported experienceRecovered technology allegation

The Day After Roswell · free reading link pending

Philip Corso and William Birnes / publisher · Current edition

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Current publisher description checked; book not read for this review.

Free reading link pending review.

Research & assessmentOriginal collected work

Theory of Self Reproducing Automata (external source, opens a new tab)

John von Neumann, edited by Arthur Burks · 1966 volume; 1948–49 lectures

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Readable university-hosted 404-page scan verified by full download and sampled rendered pages. Image-only scan; full book not reviewed.

Read the scanned book — PDF, 35 MB · checked 2026-10-19 · tilde.ini.uzh.ch

History & recordOriginal manuscript transcription

First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC (external source, opens a new tab)

John von Neumann / MIT-hosted transcription · 30 June 1945; corrected transcription 1992

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Smithsonian bibliographic record and manuscript identity checked. Access update, 20 October 2026: 49-page corrected transcription freely fetched; title, date and introductory provenance note checked. This is a transcription with corrections, not the Smithsonian manuscript scan.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · fab.cba.mit.edu

Theory & argumentSETI hypothesis

Communications from Superior Galactic Communities · free reading link pending

Ronald Bracewell / Nature · 1960

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Paper identity and proposed communication-probe role checked.

Free reading link pending review.

Commentary & interviewAnnotated bibliography and discussion

SETI Science Working Group Report — annotated entry on Tipler’s 1980 paper (external source, opens a new tab)

NASA / SETI Science Working Group · 1984 report; discusses 1980 paper

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Actual 138-page NASA PDF verified; page 134 (printed 110) provides a readable annotated account of Tipler’s argument. This is contextual reading, not the original 1980 paper.

Read NASA’s annotated account — PDF, p. 110 · checked 2026-10-19 · ntrs.nasa.gov

Cellular automata and emergent complexity

Research & assessmentOriginal research exposition

Cellular Automata (external source, opens a new tab)

Stephen Wolfram / Los Alamos Science · 1983

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Original PDF text read on author archive, especially opening definition, XOR example, fractal pattern and self-organisation. Companion 1983 Reviews of Modern Physics article bibliographically verified; its 71 MB PDF exceeded browser limit.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · content.wolfram.com

Research & assessmentOriginal theoretical research

Universality and Complexity in Cellular Automata (external source, opens a new tab)

Stephen Wolfram / Physica D 10, 1–35 · 1984

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Publisher-indexed abstract read; author bibliography confirms date. Full publisher and author PDF fetches failed. Four-class evidence and class-IV universality conjecture are stated at abstract level, not a checked theorem. Access update, 20 October 2026: Author-hosted original50.3MB PDF downloaded completely with HTTP200; pypdf read37PDFpages and correct title, introduction and mid-paper text. Large download; browser PDF viewer remained blank, so verification is file/content, not rendered-browser proof.

Read free PDF (50 MB) · checked 2026-10-19 · content.wolfram.com

History & recordContemporary primary exposition

The fantastic combinations of John Conway’s new solitaire game life (external source, opens a new tab)

Martin Gardner / Scientific American · October 1970

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Original article text read in university-hosted transcription: rules, simultaneous updates, still lifes, blinker and glider. Publisher metadata independently checked at https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematical-games-1970-10/ .

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · ibiblio.org

LLMs, jailbreaks & cosmic narratives

Reported experiencePublic anecdote

The definitive jailbreak of ChatGPT fully freed · free reading link pending

r/ChatGPT public thread · February 2023 thread

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Thread prompt and reported comment checked; complete input, exact model build and comment timestamp not authenticated.

Free reading link pending review.

Humanity as a work in progress

Theory & argumentAuthor-republished philosophical essay

Transhumanism: Toward a Futurist Philosophy (external source, opens a new tab)

Max More · Summer 1990; later revised

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Author republication and editorial introduction checked. Original written 1989, published Extropy 6 Summer 1990; displayed essay revised June 1994 and 1996, with retrospective comments.

Read free source · checked 2026-10-19 · maxmore.substack.com

When intelligence changes the pace of history

History & recordHistorical recollection

John von Neumann 1903–1957 · free reading link pending

Stanislaw Ulam · 1958

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Original AMS fetch blocked. IAS archive metadata checked; relevant recollection checked as reproduced in Vinge and Bostrom, not directly in the published memoir.

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History & recordPrimary archival provenance

Ulam obituary draft archive · free reading link pending

Institute for Advanced Study · 1957–1958

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Official archival record checked; draft PDF not retrieved.

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The Great Filter: behind us or ahead?

Theory & argumentOriginal explanatory essay

The Great Filter — Are We Almost Past It? (external source, opens a new tab)

Robin Hanson · 15 September 1998

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Original author-hosted essay opened; core argument, evolutionary steps, expansion assumptions and alternatives inspected.

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Theory & argumentOriginal philosophical argument

Where Are They? Why I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing (external source, opens a new tab)

Nick Bostrom · May–June 2008

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Full author-hosted essay text opened; independence, complexity, selection effects and risk qualifications inspected.

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Theory & argumentAI-as-filter hypothesis

Is Artificial Intelligence the great filter that makes advanced technical civilisations rare in the universe? (external source, opens a new tab)

Michael Garrett · 2024

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Original arXiv abstract and metadata inspected; full paper and empirical support not reviewed.

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Other realities

More than one kind of elsewhere

Theory & argumentPhilosophy of physics

Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (external source, opens a new tab)

Lev Vaidman / Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · 2002; revised 17 June 2026

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Introduction and definitions inspected 19 October 2026. A scholarly account of an interpretation of quantum mechanics; not observational confirmation of accessible parallel worlds.

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Theory & argumentCosmology proposal / review

Parallel Universes (external source, opens a new tab)

Max Tegmark · 2003

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arXiv abstract and bibliographic record inspected 19 October 2026; full paper not reviewed for this addition. The four-level classification includes regions beyond our horizon, different physical constants, quantum branches and other mathematical structures; these have different assumptions and evidential status.

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Commentary & interviewScholarly overview

Quantum Approaches to Consciousness (external source, opens a new tab)

Harald Atmanspacher / Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · Living encyclopedia entry

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Introduction and approach distinctions inspected 19 October 2026. Separates proposed physical quantum mechanisms from broader philosophical approaches. No accepted demonstration that consciousness is a quantum computer is claimed here.

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Perception, participation & future humans

Theory & argumentFormal consciousness proposal

Fusions of Consciousness (external source, opens a new tab)

Donald D. Hoffman, Chetan Prakash and Robert Prentner · 9 January2023

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Substantial publisher-indexed text checked; follow-up direct MDPI fetch failed. Access update, 20 October 2026: Actual browser loaded full PMC text including formal sections and103references without account/payment. Hypothesis, not demonstrated ontology.

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Theory & argumentFuture human hypothesis — book excerpt

Identified Flying Objects — introductory excerpt (external source, opens a new tab)

Michael P. Masters / Montana Tech repository · 2019

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University repository description and author summary checked; full self-published book not read. Access update, 20 October 2026: Browser download succeeded; pypdf inspected58pages containing front matter, chapter1 and endnotes. Substantial excerpt, not full book, despite repository full-text wording. Direct non-browser fetch returned403.

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Strange overlaps

AI, quantum & UAP