The Legend
How to read this site. The map shows where everything is; this page explains the markings, so you always know how strongly a claim is being made and what would change it.
- Three kinds of claims
- Everything on this site is one of three things. Known: there is exactly one item here, that experience is happening. Bet: an idea held with a stated confidence and a reason, which covers almost everything. Believed: a commitment that sits past all possible evidence, always named as such, never dressed up as a finding.
- Evidence tags
- Claims in the Library carry tags. ESTABLISHED means mainstream and well supported. FRAMING means an organizing idea, a lens rather than a result. OPEN means a real question that evidence could still settle. UNDECIDABLE means no test anyone could run would ever settle it. CONTESTED means claimed but not backed by controlled evidence. CLOSED means tested and shown false.
- Weights
- Open questions end with a table of positions and how strongly each is held: leaned toward, live rival, low but not dismissed. A weight is a bet, not a verdict, and it moves when the arguments move.
- Defeaters
- Every serious claim names the thing that would change the author's mind. That entry is called a defeater. A claim without one is a dogma, and the site tries never to carry one.
- The line
- On the deepest questions there is a point where evidence runs out and belief begins. The site marks that point instead of hiding it. On the near side of the line, ideas are held at weights. On the far side, standing on a claim takes faith, and that word is used plainly, not as an insult.
- Trails
- The posts are arranged into reading trails, each meant to be read in order. Every post in a trail tells you where you are and what to read next. The whole arrangement is on the map.
- Posts and the Library
- Every framework post has a rigorous twin in the Library, where the same ideas carry tags, sources, and weights. The post is the readable version. The Library page is the proof of work.
- Explorations
- The deepest questions get a third layer: a corner-space exploration. The question's possibility space is drawn as four corners: the two poles, the reading where both are true, and the reading where neither is. Each corner gets its strongest case, including the ones the author leans away from, then the consequences of each corner are followed down, and the page ends with the weights actually held and the line where evidence runs out.