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This prototype exposes 8 governed CASES already known to the Observatory program. It is not the final launch catalog.

Domains: AI · Earth · Evidence & Verification · Life & Consciousness · Reality & Physics · Space

P07 · CASE 0000

What Is Reality?

OPENReality & PhysicsLOW / CONTESTED

Reality is investigated through observation, models, measurement and ontology without collapsing competing interpretations into one answer.

17 sources mapped; 7 adversarial findings accepted; uncertainty high/critical.

P08 · CASE 0001

What Is Antarctica?

OPENEarthMEDIUM / PARTIAL

Antarctica is treated as a configuration of ice, geology, ecosystems, climate, logistics, governance and its relationship to the rest of Earth.

CASE 0001 dry run PASS WITH UNKNOWNS; public master approved for production.

P09 · CASE 0002

What Evidence Would Prove Non-Human Intelligence?

OPENEvidence & VerificationNO DETECTION

The CASE separates unidentified, anomalous, artificial, non-human and intelligent. Each transition requires evidence and hard gates.

Evidence Threshold Matrix v1.0 ratified; hard gates defined; no NHI detection.

P10 · CASE 0003

What Is Consciousness?

OPENLife & ConsciousnessPARTIAL

Consciousness is provisionally defined as the presence of subjective experience. Science maps reports, behavior and neural conditions, but no accepted mechanism fully explains experience.

20 sources mapped; 15 candidate claims; 10-dimension profile; 15 adversarial tests.

P16 · CASE 0009

Are We Alone in the Universe?

OPENSpaceUNKNOWN

Earth remains the only confirmed inhabited world. Habitable environments and candidate biosignatures justify systematic search but do not yet establish extraterrestrial life or technology.

20 sources mapped; 15 candidate claims; 10-dimension profile; 15 adversarial tests.

P20 · CASE 0013

Can We Trust AI-Generated Answers?

OPENAICONDITIONAL

AI answers can be useful, but they should not be trusted by default. Reliance must be proportional to the task, evidence and consequences.

18 sources mapped; 15 candidate claims; 10-dimension trust profile; 15 adversarial tests.

P22 · CASE 0015

How Can We Tell If Digital Media Is Real?

OPENEvidence & VerificationCONDITIONAL

No single detector, watermark or metadata field proves authenticity. Verification requires source identity, original asset, provenance, context, forensics and independent corroboration.

18 sources mapped; 15 candidate claims; 10-dimension verification profile; 15 adversarial tests.

P23 · CASE 0016

What Makes a Source Trustworthy?

OPENEvidence & VerificationCLAIM-SPECIFIC

Trustworthiness is claim-specific, time-sensitive and revisable. Inspect evidence access, method, provenance, incentives, corroboration, uncertainty and correction behavior.

Question Charter, source map, evidence matrix, trust profile and adversarial tests ratified.