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Open questions — the kind that don't have clean answers, only better framings.

start: 2026.05.08, 08:00 · end: 2026.05.08, 21:00
status: In Progress

Status Indicator

The status indicator reflects the current state of the work:\n\n- Abandoned: Work that has been discontinued\n- Notes: Initial collections of thoughts and references\n- Draft: Early structured version with a central thesis\n- In Progress: Well-developed work actively being refined\n- Finished: Completed work with no planned major changes\n\nThis helps readers understand the maturity and completeness of the content.

 · certainty: likely

Confidence Rating

The confidence tag expresses how well-supported the content is, or how likely its overall ideas are right. This uses a scale from "impossible" to "certain", based on the Kesselman List of Estimative Words:\n\n1. "certain"\n2. "highly likely"\n3. "likely"\n4. "possible"\n5. "unlikely"\n6. "highly unlikely"\n7. "remote"\n8. "impossible"

 · importance: 9/10

Importance Rating

The importance rating distinguishes between trivial topics and those which might change your life. Using a scale from 0-10, content is ranked based on its potential impact on:\n\n- the reader\n- the intended audience\n- the world at large

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[ ] Can a Language Die (2026.05.08, 08:00)
[ ] Can Civilization Survive Technology (2026.05.08, 08:20)
[ ] Can Fiction Teach (2026.05.08, 08:40)
[ ] Can Machines Think (2026.05.08, 09:00)
[ ] Can Math Be Formalized (2026.05.08, 09:20)
[ ] Can We Trust Our Senses (2026.05.08, 09:40)
[ ] Could the Holocaust Have Been Prevented (2026.05.08, 10:00)
[ ] Does Free Will Exist (2026.05.08, 10:20)
[ ] Does God Exist (2026.05.08, 10:40)
[ ] Does Language Shape Thought (2026.05.08, 11:00)
[ ] Equality vs Liberty (2026.05.08, 11:20)
[ ] How Did Life Originate (2026.05.08, 11:40)
[ ] Individuals vs Forces (2026.05.08, 12:00)
[ ] Is Beauty Objective (2026.05.08, 12:20)
[ ] Is Democracy Best (2026.05.08, 12:40)
[ ] Is Grammar Innate (2026.05.08, 13:00)
[ ] Is Math Discovered or Invented (2026.05.08, 13:20)
[ ] Is Morality Objective (2026.05.08, 13:40)
[ ] Is Nature Valuable (2026.05.08, 14:00)
[ ] Is Progress Real (2026.05.08, 14:20)
[ ] Is Punishment Justified (2026.05.08, 14:40)
[ ] Is Science the Only Truth (2026.05.08, 15:00)
[ ] Is the Author Dead (2026.05.08, 15:20)
[ ] Is There an Afterlife (2026.05.08, 15:40)
[ ] Is There Extraterrestrial Life (2026.05.08, 16:00)
[ ] What Are Our Obligations to the Future (2026.05.08, 16:20)
[ ] What Came Before the Big Bang (2026.05.08, 16:40)
[ ] What Do We Owe Strangers (2026.05.08, 17:00)
[ ] What Is Art For (2026.05.08, 17:20)
[ ] What Is Consciousness (2026.05.08, 17:40)
[ ] What Is Dark Matter (2026.05.08, 18:00)
[ ] What Is Evil (2026.05.08, 18:20)
[ ] What Is Infinity (2026.05.08, 18:40)
[ ] What Is Intelligence (2026.05.08, 19:00)
[ ] What Is Knowledge (2026.05.08, 19:20)
[ ] What Is the Self (2026.05.08, 19:40)
[ ] What Legitimizes Authority (2026.05.08, 20:00)
[ ] What Makes Great Literature (2026.05.08, 20:20)
[ ] Why Does Math Describe Reality (2026.05.08, 20:40)
[ ] Why Something Rather Than Nothing (2026.05.08, 21:00)

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