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White Paper: Self-Snitching, Surveillance, and the Proliferation of Evidence: Consequences for Unsolved Crimes

Executive Summary The age of ubiquitous surveillance has created a paradox: even as the world becomes more recorded, transparent, and traceable, vast numbers of crimes remain unsolved. This white paper explores the phenomenon of self-snitching—the voluntary or inadvertent disclosure of … Continue reading

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White Paper: The Presuppositions of Science and the Pseudoscientific Drift in a Post-Theistic World

Executive Summary This white paper examines the foundational presuppositions that make science possible and contrasts them with the epistemological drift that occurs when a culture abandons belief in a fixed and intelligible creation grounded in divine order. It argues that … Continue reading

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White Paper: The Crisis of Artificial General Intelligence Across Fields of Knowledge

Executive Summary Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) represents not merely a new technological development but a profound epistemic and institutional crisis across nearly every field of knowledge. Unlike specialized AI systems, AGI threatens to collapse the boundaries between disciplines, redefine what … Continue reading

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White Paper: Investigating the Location of Akkad and Other Lost Historical Cities

Executive Summary The ancient city of Akkad—capital of the Akkadian Empire founded by Sargon of Akkad (ca. 2334–2279 BCE)—remains one of the most tantalizing unsolved mysteries in Near Eastern archaeology. Despite centuries of research, Akkad’s precise location remains unknown. This … Continue reading

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White Paper: Dercum’s Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa)

Executive Summary Dercum’s Disease (also known as adiposis dolorosa) is a rare and poorly understood adipose-tissue disorder characterised by chronic pain in subcutaneous fat deposits (often lipomas) in the context of overweight or obesity. The etiology remains unclear, diagnostic criteria … Continue reading

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White Paper: Determining Causality And Responding To Contemporary Neurodiversity

How might we determine causality for the apparent massive rise in neurodivergence among youth, and then design interventions or policies to respond effectively? This is a complex, multidisciplinary problem. The white paper is organized in the following major sections: Executive … Continue reading

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White Paper: From Anecdote to Data: Determining the Threshold of Meaningful Evidence

Executive Summary In policy debates, scientific inquiry, and business decision-making, anecdotal evidence often acts as the seed of inquiry but rarely as the foundation of rigorous conclusions. Yet there is a critical question: at what point does a collection of … Continue reading

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White Paper: A Typology of Geometries Derived from Relaxations of Euclid’s Axioms

Executive Summary Euclidean geometry, as systematized in Elements, rests on five foundational postulates (axioms) and common notions. Relaxing or altering these axioms has historically generated new branches of mathematics, each with unique properties and applications. This paper surveys the typology … Continue reading

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White Paper: A Medical School Curriculum for Observational Medicine and Longevity-Focused Care

Executive Summary The modern medical education system has leaned heavily on pharmacological solutions and interventional procedures, often at the expense of developing clinicians’ ability to observe, listen, and identify root causes of illness. This white paper proposes a new curriculum … Continue reading

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White Paper: Tools and Technologies for Personalized Health and Nutrition

Executive Summary Personalized health and nutrition represents a paradigm shift from generalized dietary guidelines toward individualized interventions informed by genetic, epigenetic, and microbiome data. This paper explores the tests, applications, and equipment necessary to operationalize such precision nutrition, providing a … Continue reading

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