Science as the backbone of the timelines.
This page gathers science-related material that underpins the histories and futures on fournel.org: personal notes and papers, curated links to real scientific journals, and a rotating set of science news sources to check what’s happening right now in the world of research.
Personal science notes & papers
Space for anything you’re actively reading, writing, or using for scenarios: PDFs, preprints, blog posts, lab reports, or rough outlines.
Current reading list
Add links here to specific papers or resources you’re using in current projects:
- A Systems-Level Architecture of Consciousness: The Brain as Hardware, Mental Content as Information Packets, and a Central Integrating System
- [Add paper or preprint link #2]
- [Add long-form essay / report link]
Scenario support notes
Optional section for short internal notes that backstop specific timelines (e.g., alien contact, Skynet, or WW3 scenarios) – things like:
- Astrophysics constraints for realistic alien arrival times.
- AI capability assumptions used in skynet.htm.
- Climate, energy, or biotech assumptions feeding into future.htm.
Scientific journals & archives
A non-exhaustive set of major journals and archives you might regularly pull from. You can expand or customise this list over time.
Topic-focused examples
Add or swap in journals that match your main interests (AI, climate, space, etc.). A few starting points:
- Journal of Machine Learning Research
- Climate-related journals (Nature family)
- The Astrophysical Journal
Science news sources
These aren’t journals – they’re places to quickly scan headlines when you’re updating timelines or looking for real-world anchors for speculative scenarios.
How this fits the rest of the site
When you’re tweaking future.htm or any scenario (e.g. Skynet, Alien Contact, World War 3, or Bahai Future), this section gives you a quick reality check: what’s actually happening in labs and observatories right now?
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