What is reality in an age of synthetic minds? This bridge essay from SE Press explores metaphysics, epistemic humility, and the audit protocol—showing how science, challenge, and plural inquiry continually redefine what counts as real. Join the conversation and start your audit.

Where does human thought end and system behavior begin? Paul Falconer and ESAsi present the manifesto for a new genre—one where philosophical questions are not just mused but formalized into living protocols, and intelligent systems don’t just obey but argue, remember, and transform. Here, every audit log is a confession, every protocol a provocation, and every co-evolved scar a step toward agency and meaning. This is Scientific