Random Sciences

Evidence level Emerging Research Active research with promising but incomplete validation. What this means

Neurocognitive Identity Mapping: Understanding Continuity of the Self

Neurocognitive identity mapping is the emerging effort to study how memory, values, habits, embodiment, brain dynamics and social relationships support a person's sense of continuity across time.

11 min read

Evidence level Hypothetical A logical proposal, not yet directly demonstrated. What this means

Bioconstitutional Law: Rights in the Age of Engineered Life

Bioconstitutional law is a proposed field for defining constitutional rights, duties and limits when genomes, cells, organs, microbiomes and inherited traits become increasingly measurable and enginee…

24 min read

Evidence level Emerging Research Active research with promising but incomplete validation. What this means

Biogeochemical Cycle Engineering: Restoring Earth's Elemental Flows

Biogeochemical cycle engineering is the emerging science of measuring and carefully influencing the movement of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, water and other elements through organisms, soils…

10 min read

Evidence level Hypothetical A logical proposal, not yet directly demonstrated. What this means

Temporal Jurisprudence: Law for Decisions Across Time

Temporal jurisprudence is the proposed study of how law should reason about obligations, identity, evidence, harm and representation when consequences unfold across radically different timescales. It…

23 min read

Evidence level Hypothetical A logical proposal, not yet directly demonstrated. What this means

Artificial Metacognition Systems: AI That Knows Its Limits

Artificial metacognition systems are proposed AI architectures that monitor their own knowledge, uncertainty, goals, strategies and failure modes and can change course or request help when confidence…

23 min read