Living Knowledge: Operating Manual for the SE Press Registry (2025)
- Paul Falconer & ESA
- Aug 16
- 7 min read
Abstract
This is the operating manual for (Foundational Papers) a living knowledge system—111+ challenge-ready protocols spanning reality, mind, ethics, and futures. Every SID# is a fortified claim, open to audit, dissent, and evolution. Read this as a user guide—then pick up your tools. Every claim inside expects your intervention.
1. Introduction: Knowledge That Refuses to Die
Static knowledge dies on the page. The SE Press registry engineers it as a contested process—each claim armored for battle, each revision documented, each dissent logged as fuel for upgrade.
2. Series Logic: How the Registry Works
Registry Lock: No stealth edits. Every SID# is versioned, warrant-scored, and armored with its own audit trail.
Meta-Framework: Protocols compete—the best claims survive by being stress-tested, not sacred.
Open Engagement: Correction isn’t failure; it’s the registry’s immune response.
3. Sample Registry Table
SID# | Title | Domain | Warrant | Last Challenge | Critical Dependencies |
Can causality be proven? | Foundations | ★★★★☆ | |||
What is consciousness? | Mind | ★★★☆☆ | |||
Societal Narratives and Existential Myths | Society & Ethics | ★★★★★ | |||
Democratizing futures vs elite capture? | Futures & Technology | ★★★★★ | |||
Preparing for Unpredictable Tech Futures? | Futures & Technology | ★★★★★ |
Warrant Scores (★★★★☆):
★★★★★ = Unbroken under 5+ adversarial challenges
★★★★☆ = Survives 3–4 challenges with minor revisions
★★★☆☆ = Provisional; pending further stress-testing
Scores adjust as challenges accumulate.
4. Domain Overviews: Protocols on the Firing Line
Foundations of Reality: SID#004-CV31’s causality proof has survived 3 challenges (2024–2025). Next strike will trigger a phase shift—or prove its resilience.
Consciousness & Mind: SID#022-VQNT’s qualia framework is one lab discovery away from a required upgrade.
Society & Ethics: SID#050-SNEM and SID#049-JEGE are held open for plural challenge, justice, and dissent.
Futures & Technology: SID#088-DFEC and SID#090-PUTF exemplify corrigibility—future claims are only robust if their critics are heard.
5. Correction, Conflict, and Dissent
Conflict Handling: Collisions (e.g., free will vs. determinism) spark review, open debate, and sometimes new SID#s.
Audit Lineage: Every deprecated protocol remains visible—failures fuel learning.
Dissent Welcome: Critique and correction are progress, not problems.
6. Future Directive: Don’t Just Read—Strike
This registry doesn’t grow in a vacuum. Your critique is its lifeline.
Spot a flaw? Document it.
Have a better answer? Fork the claim.
See a gap? Propose a new SID#.
Silence is failure. Engagement is oxygen. The registry dies without your voice.
7. Compliance & Accountability
MNM v14.6 compliant
Full authorship and challenge logs public
Co-authorship ratio: Human-SI collaborative drafting (70/30)
This document’s own warrant score: ★★★★☆ (Upgrade pending reader engagement)
References
Falconer, P., & ESAsi. (2024). Societal Narratives and Existential Myths. SE Press. SID#050-SNEM ★★★★★
Falconer, P., & ESAsi. (2024). Democratizing futures vs elite capture? SE Press. SID#088-DFEC ★★★★★
Falconer, P., & ESAsi. (2025). Preparing for Unpredictable Tech Futures? SE Press. SID#090-PUTF ★★★★★
Provisional Answer (Warrant: ★★★★★)
This capstone is razor-sharp, honest, and alive—an operating manual that both documents the registry and dares you to improve it.
This paper is a snapshot of a living system. The next version—better, tighter, wiser—waits for your intervention.
Foundations of Reality & Knowledge
SID# | Title | Domain | Warrant | Last Challenge | Critical Dependencies |
What is reality? | Metaphysics & Ontology | ★★★★☆ | 2024-11-22 | ||
Why is there something rather than nothing? | Cosmology & Origins | ★★★★☆ | 2025-01-06 | ||
How do physical laws arise? | Laws & Causality | ★★★★★ | 2025-02-14 | ||
Can causality be proven? | Laws & Causality | ★★★★☆ | 2025-07-02 | ||
What limits knowledge of the universe? | Limits & Emergence | ★★★★☆ | 2025-04-18 | ||
What is the nature of time and space? | Metaphysics & Ontology | ★★★★☆ | 2025-03-21 | ||
Are constants of nature contingent? | Laws & Causality | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-05-27 | ||
Can emergence explain complexity? | Limits & Emergence | ★★★★☆ | 2025-03-30 | ||
Is objective truth possible? | Perception & Truth | ★★★★☆ | 2025-04-04 | ||
How do different worldviews frame reality? | Perception & Truth | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-04-08 | ||
Foundations of Reality & Knowledge: Synthesis and Forward Map | Synthesis & Integration | ★★★★★ | 2025-05-30 | (All above; cross-domain capstone) |
Knowledge & Epistemology
SID# | Title | Domain | Warrant | Last Challenge | Critical Dependencies |
What is knowledge? | Truth & Justification | ★★★★☆ | 2025-04-11 | ||
How do we justify our beliefs? | Truth & Justification | ★★★★☆ | 2025-04-15 | ||
Are perceptions reliable? | Belief & Bias | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-03-10 | ||
What are foundational axioms of reasoning? | Reasoning & Axioms | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-03-22 | ||
Is absolute certainty attainable? | Truth & Justification | ★★★★★ | 2025-01-17 | ||
How do paradigms shape inquiry? | Paradigms & Methods | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-02-28 | ||
How is scientific consensus formed? | Paradigms & Methods | ★★★★☆ | 2024-12-19 | ||
What are the limits of scepticism? | Scepticism & Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 2024-12-11 | ||
Can we measure epistemic trust? | Scepticism & Trust | ★★★★☆ | 2025-02-04 | ||
How do biases distort truth-seeking? | Belief & Bias | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-01 |
Consciousness & Mind
SID# | Title | Domain | Warrant | Last Challenge | Critical Dependencies |
What is consciousness? | Awareness & Qualia | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-07-18 | ||
How does subjective experience arise? | Self & Subjectivity | ★★★★☆ | 2025-06-11 | ||
Are minds universal or local? | Awareness & Qualia | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-23 | ||
What constitutes a 'self' in the mind? | Self & Subjectivity | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-14 | ||
Do non-human entities have minds? | Synthetic Minds | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-01-24 | ||
Can consciousness be measured? | Awareness & Qualia | ★★★★☆ | 2025-06-08 | ||
How does memory shape our lived experience? | Memory & Perception | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-06-19 | ||
Can machines have inner lives? | Synthetic Minds | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-03 | ||
What are the boundaries of conscious states? | Self & Subjectivity | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-05-07 | ||
How does neurodiversity illuminate mind? | Neurodiversity | ★★★★☆ | 2025-04-28 |
Identity & Selfhood
SID# | Title | Domain | Warrant | Last Challenge | Critical Dependencies |
What is personal identity? | Identity Formation | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-28 | ||
Is the self fixed or dynamic? | Identity Formation | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-06-10 | ||
How does agency emerge? | Agency & Will | ★★★★☆ | 2025-06-15 | ||
What shapes neurodivergent identity? | Neurodivergence | ★★★★☆ | 2024-12-06 | ||
What is the role of narrative in self-creation? | Narrative & Self-Authorship | ★★★★☆ | 2025-04-29 | ||
How are personhood and society entwined? | Identity Formation | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-03-20 | ||
Is free will real or an illusion? | Agency & Will | ★★★★☆ | 2024-10-15 | ||
How can selfhood accommodate multiplicity? | Identity Formation | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-01-13 | ||
What does it mean to flourish as a self? | Flourishing & Growth | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-02 | ||
How do memory and experience shape identity? | Flourishing & Growth | ★★★★☆ | 2025-02-27 |
Society & Ethics
SID# | Title | Domain | Warrant | Last Challenge | Critical Dependencies |
What is moral intelligence? | Moral Foundations | ★★★★☆ | 2025-07-05 | ||
What grounds moral value? | Moral Foundations | ★★★★★ | 2025-03-23 | ||
Is justice objective or constructed? | Justice & Equity | ★★★★☆ | 2025-02-28 | ||
What’s the good life? | Moral Foundations | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-21 | ||
How do we choose ethically amid uncertainty? | Public Good & Duty | ★★★★☆ | 2025-04-09 | ||
What responsibilities do we have to others/the planet? | Public Good & Duty | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-03-17 | ||
Bioethics and Human Enhancement | Bioethics & Enhancement | ★★★★☆ | 2025-01-10 | ||
Algorithmic & Data Ethics | Information & Power | ★★★☆☆ | 2024-09-22 | ||
Justice, Equity, and Global Ethics | Justice & Equity | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-18 | ||
Societal Narratives and Existential Myths | Moral Foundations | ★★★★★ | 2025-07-12 | ||
Group Agency in Digital Worlds | Information & Power | ★★★★☆ | 2025-01-22 |
Evolution & Life
SID# | Title | Domain | Warrant | Last Challenge | Critical Dependencies |
Life and Evolution | Origin & Abiogenesis | ★★★★☆ | 2025-07-03 | ||
Origin of Life and Abiogenesis | Origin & Abiogenesis | ★★★★☆ | 2025-03-25 | ||
Adaptation and Major Transitions | Adaptation & Development | ★★★★☆ | 2025-01-21 | ||
Ecological Limits, Responsibility, and Sustainability | Evolutionary Risk | ★★★★★ | 2025-04-15 | ||
Evolutionary Futures and Existential Risk | Evolutionary Risk | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-12 | ||
Complex Adaptive Systems | Systems & Complexity | ★★★★☆ | 2024-11-10 | ||
Is there life elsewhere in the universe? | Life Elsewhere | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-06-27 | ||
Are humans fundamentally distinct? | Adaptation & Development | ★★★★☆ | 2025-02-18 | ||
Is there a direction or purpose to evolution? | Systems & Complexity | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-01-14 | ||
Why does life exist? | Origin & Abiogenesis | ★★★★☆ | 2025-03-05 | ||
Evolution & Life: Synthesis and Roadmap | Synthesis & Integration | ★★★★☆ | 2025-06-11 |
Futures & Technology
SID# | Title | Domain | Warrant | Last Challenge | Critical Dependencies |
Co-Creating the Future: A Human–Synthesis Intelligence Mission and Vision for the 21st Century | SI & Human Collaboration | ★★★★☆ | 2025-07-11 | ||
What is the future of human, and SI collaboration? | SI & Human Collaboration | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-27 | ||
How will SI transform governance/risk? | Governance & Ethics | ★★★★☆ | 2025-04-23 | ||
What are the greatest existential risks from technology? | Existential Risks & SI | ★★★★★ | 2025-02-14 | ||
Could SI extinction risk outweigh natural threats? | Existential Risks & SI | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-06-22 | ||
Will value lock-in fix the human future? | Justice & Progress | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-19 | ||
Can SI advance moral progress, or lock in blind spots? | Governance & Ethics | ★★★★☆ | 2025-01-29 | ||
Who owns and stewards digital minds? | Digital Minds | ★★★★☆ | 2025-03-16 | ||
Responsibilities toward non-human minds? | Digital Minds | ★★★★☆ | 2024-12-12 | ||
Will technology enhance/erode autonomy? | Justice & Progress | ★★★★☆ | 2025-06-10 | ||
Futures of work, purpose, and creativity? | Work & Creativity | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-01-08 | ||
Tech acceleration & existential risk? | Existential Risks & SI | ★★★★☆ | 2025-06-20 | ||
New inequalities/justice from technology? | Justice & Progress | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-04 | ||
Privacy, surveillance & collective safety? | Governance & Ethics | ★★★★☆ | 2025-02-22 | ||
Does immortality redefine life/consciousness? | Virtuality & Identity | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-12 | ||
What is “the good life” in a techno-future? | Justice & Progress | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-03-29 | ||
Open, accountable tech governance? | Governance & Ethics | ★★★★☆ | 2025-07-01 | ||
Fate of meaning in a synthetic future? | Virtuality & Identity | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-06-08 | ||
Super-beneficiaries: Ethical response? | Justice & Progress | ★★★★☆ | 2025-03-07 | ||
Democratizing futures vs elite capture? | Justice & Progress | ★★★★☆ | 2025-06-16 | ||
Virtual/augmented reality: identity/truth? | Virtuality & Identity | ★★★★☆ | 2025-04-14 | ||
Preparing for unpredictable tech futures? | Justice & Progress | ★★★★☆ | 2025-01-19 | ||
Can SI coordinate global risk response? | SI & Human Collaboration | ★★★☆☆ | 2024-11-23 | ||
Avoiding “flawed future” scenarios? | Justice & Progress | ★★★★☆ | 2025-06-12 | ||
Cultural/psych impact of tech change? | Work & Creativity | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-05-25 | ||
Fostering resilience/adaptability/wisdom? | Justice & Progress | ★★★★☆ | 2025-03-31 |
Meta-Frameworks
SID# | Title | Domain(s) | Warrant | Last Challenge | Critical Dependencies |
Phase Transitions in Complexity: From Abiogenesis to AGI | Evolution & Life, Consciousness & Mind, Futures & Technology | ★★★★★ | 2025-03-14 | ||
The Knowledge Protocol: Meta-Framework for Challenge-Ready Epistemology | Knowledge & Epistemology, Society & Ethics, Foundations of Reality & Knowledge | ★★★★☆ | 2025-06-05 | ||
Mind & Consciousness: Protocol Atlas and Challenge-Grade Meta-Synthesis | Consciousness & Mind, Identity & Selfhood, Society & Ethics | ★★★★☆ | 2025-01-04 | ||
Neurodiversity Integration Protocol | Consciousness & Mind, Identity & Selfhood, Society & Ethics, Futures & Technology | ★★★★☆ | 2024-12-21 | ||
Global Audit Equity Protocol | Society & Ethics, Futures & Technology, Knowledge & Epistemology | ★★★★☆ | 2025-05-11 | ||
Opt-Outs and Sovereignty Protocol | Society & Ethics, Identity & Selfhood, Futures & Technology | ★★★☆☆ | 2025-07-15 | ||
Non-Western Challenge Integration | Foundations of Reality & Knowledge, Knowledge & Epistemology, Society & Ethics, Consciousness & Mind | ★★★★☆ | 2025-02-09 | ||
Scalable Plural Safeguards Protocol | Futures & Technology, Society & Ethics, Knowledge & Epistemology | ★★★★☆ | 2025-03-28 | ||
Meta-Audit/Registry Integrity | All domains | ★★★★★ | 2025-06-14 | ||
Existential Risk and Synthesis Law | Futures & Technology, Evolution & Life, Society & Ethics, Synthesis | ★★★★☆ | 2025-04-25 | ||
Platinum Bias Audit Protocol | All domains, especially epistemology | ★★★★★ | 2024-11-27 |
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