P07 · CASE 0000
What Is Reality?
Reality & PhysicsOPEN
Three model families—physical realism, structural realism and observer-mediated access—remain operationally strong but incomplete. No total ontology is selected.
cp1obs.case.reality
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P08 · CASE 0001
What Is Antarctica?
EarthPROVISIONAL RESULT
Current evidence strongly favors Antarctica being a polar rocky continent covered by ice and surrounded by ocean; major unknowns remain beneath the ice, not in demonstrated lands beyond an outer wall.
cp1obs.case.antarctica
P09 · CASE 0002
What Evidence Would Prove Non-Human Intelligence?
Evidence & VerificationOPEN / NO CURRENT NHI DETECTION
No existing evidence is classified here as confirmed non-human intelligence. The CASE defines thresholds rather than claiming detection.
cp1obs.case.non_human_intelligence_evidence
P10 · CASE 0003
What Is Consciousness?
Life & ConsciousnessOPEN
Consciousness is provisionally defined as the presence of subjective experience. Current neuroscience maps reproducible conditions and useful markers, but no single accepted mechanism fully explains why or how experience exists.
cp1obs.case.consciousness
P16 · CASE 0009
Are We Alone in the Universe?
SpaceOPEN
Earth remains the only confirmed inhabited world. Potentially habitable environments and candidate biosignatures justify search, but no extraterrestrial life or technology has been confirmed.
cp1obs.case.alone_in_universe
P20 · CASE 0013
Can We Trust Answers Generated by AI?
AIOPEN
AI-generated answers can support research, drafting and decision preparation, but they should not be trusted by default. Reliance must be claim-specific, task-specific, model/version-specific, time-sensitive and proportional to consequences.
cp1obs.case.ai_answer_trust
P22 · CASE 0015
How Can We Distinguish Real Evidence from Synthetic Media?
Evidence & VerificationOPEN
No single detector, watermark or metadata field can prove that media is real. A defensible conclusion requires layered verification.
cp1obs.case.synthetic_media
P23 · CASE 0016
What Makes a Source Trustworthy?
Evidence & VerificationOPEN
Trustworthiness is a claim-specific, time-sensitive and revisable profile based on evidence access, method, provenance, independence, uncertainty, corrections and accountability.
cp1obs.case.source_trust
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