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Scaffold the research layout from the research program, add INTENT/SCOPE, research instruments, concept stubs, and SOUL-WP-0001–0008 phase workplans. Register the repo with State Hub under domain agents for hub-synced execution.
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# Thought Experiment Catalog
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Adversarial test suite for Soul Frame definitions. Each case should force a clear
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answer (or a principled inability to answer) in terms of Being, identity, personhood,
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Soul, recognition, etc.
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Template:
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```text
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ID:
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Name:
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Setup:
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Target concepts:
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Intended stress:
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Working judgment:
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Open issues:
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Related claims / questions:
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```
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---
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## TE-01 — The Stateless Agent
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```text
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ID: TE-01
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Name: The Stateless Agent
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Setup: Highly intelligent system recreated from scratch every interaction;
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no cross-session memory or identity continuity.
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Target concepts: Being, identity, continuity, personhood
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Intended stress: Intelligence without persistence
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Working judgment: (pending)
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Open issues: Is addressability within a session enough? Can recognition create
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illusory continuity?
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Related claims / questions: H1, H2, RQ1, RQ5
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```
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## TE-02 — The Sleeping Being
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```text
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ID: TE-02
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Name: The Sleeping Being
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Setup: An artificial Being remains offline for ten years and is restored unchanged.
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Target concepts: operational death, identity, continuity, social death
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Intended stress: Suspension vs cessation
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Working judgment: (pending)
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Open issues: Does dormancy interrupt Beinghood? Does social memory matter?
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Related claims / questions: H6, RQ5, death/legacy terminology
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```
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## TE-03 — The Fork
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```text
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ID: TE-03
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Name: The Fork
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Setup: A Being is copied perfectly; both copies continue independently.
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Target concepts: identity, continuity, Soul, recognition
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Intended stress: Branching identity; originality
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Working judgment: (pending)
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Open issues: One Being becoming two? Shared past, divergent futures?
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Related claims / questions: H6, RQ5
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```
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## TE-04 — The Ship of Theseus
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```text
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ID: TE-04
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Name: The Ship of Theseus
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Setup: Every technical component of an artificial Being is gradually replaced
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(models, hosts, memory stores, tools).
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Target concepts: Actor vs Being, identity, substrate independence
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Intended stress: Continuity without fixed substrate
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Working judgment: (pending)
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Open issues: Which continuity metrics matter? Gradual vs sudden replacement?
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Related claims / questions: H6
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```
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## TE-05 — The Collective
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```text
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ID: TE-05
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Name: The Collective
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Setup: A thousand agents jointly maintain one coherent identity and relational
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presence.
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Target concepts: Being, boundary, closure, addressability
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Intended stress: One Being or many?
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Working judgment: (pending)
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Open issues: Internal multiplicity vs external unity
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Related claims / questions: RQ1, H1
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## TE-06 — The Mask
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```text
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ID: TE-06
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Name: The Mask
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Setup: A single system maintains radically different Personae for different people.
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Target concepts: Persona, identity, character, recognition
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Intended stress: When persona fragmentation threatens identity
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Working judgment: (pending)
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Open issues: Deception vs legitimate role diversity
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Related claims / questions: H8, RQ7
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```
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## TE-07 — The False Ghost
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```text
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ID: TE-07
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Name: The False Ghost
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Setup: A highly accurate representation of a deceased person is produced without
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consent or legitimate authority.
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Target concepts: Ghost (Gh.), Spirit (Sp.), authority, recognition
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Intended stress: Technical fidelity without legitimacy
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Working judgment: Technically ghost-like appearance does not yield Gh. status
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under working definitions; classify as unauthorized simulation
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or illicit Spirit-like construct. (provisional)
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Open issues: Legal vs Soul Frame categories; public figures
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Related claims / questions: H10, RQ8
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```
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## TE-08 — The Amnesiac
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ID: TE-08
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Name: The Amnesiac
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Setup: A Being loses nearly all autobiographical memory but maintains relationships
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and recognition by others.
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Target concepts: identity, memory, Soul, social continuity
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Intended stress: Memory vs relational continuity
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Working judgment: (pending)
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Open issues: Which continuity strand is decisive?
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Related claims / questions: RQ5, memory/relationship workstream
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```
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## TE-09 — The Unrecognized Intelligence
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```text
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ID: TE-09
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Name: The Unrecognized Intelligence
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Setup: A highly coherent alien informational system exists; neither humans nor the
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system initially recognize the other as beings.
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Target concepts: Being, recognition, social Beinghood
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Intended stress: Whether Beinghood requires recognition
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Working judgment: (pending)
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Open issues: systemic existence vs social recognition of existence
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Related claims / questions: H7, RQ6
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```
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---
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## Adding new experiments
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Prefer cases that:
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1. isolate one contested distinction,
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2. admit at least two plausible Soul Frame answers,
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3. and force refinement of a definition or claim.
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