Some reality-models are already on the record. These profiles are reconstructions from published statements — every answer carries its source on the profile page, and questions the person never addressed are left blank. They're not members, they don't post, and if a living thinker (or an estate) wants a position corrected, we'll fix it from a better citation.
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The figures & schools on the everything map — near neighbors hold similar models of reality. The full atlas, with members and bubbles, is on the Atlas.
Novelist-philosopher, founder of Objectivism (Atlas Shrugged, 1957). Positions from her published works — not a member.
28 documented positions in the bank
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (born 1941), longtime U.S. senator from Vermont and self-described democratic socialist — former Burlington mayor and congressman, two-time presidential candidate known for Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and a $15 minimum wage. Positions here come
75 documented positions in the bank
Philosopher, logician, and the 20th century's most famous skeptic (The Problems of Philosophy, Why I Am Not a Christian). Positions from his published works — not a member.
29 documented positions in the bank
Author of Mere Christianity (1952) and Surprised by Joy (1955). Positions reconstructed from his published works — not a member.
18 documented positions in the bank
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) was a British-American journalist and author — of God Is Not Great, Letters to a Young Contrarian, Hitch-22, and Mortality — renowned as an antitheist polemicist, a free-speech absolutist, and a supporter of the Iraq War who debated religious and
113 documented positions in the bank
Scottish empiricist (Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, 1748). The original skeptic about induction, causation, and miracle testimony. Positions from his published works — not a member.
27 documented positions in the bank
Elon Musk (born 1971) is the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla and xAI, known for electric vehicles, reusable rockets, and outspoken public commentary on AI risk, free speech, and population decline. The positions below come from his documented public record; answers marked "Emu
100 documented positions in the bank
Philosopher (1844–1900): Zarathustra, the Genealogy of Morality. Positions from his published works — not a member.
17 documented positions in the bank
Psychologist & author (Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules for Life). Positions from his books and lectures — not a member.
25 documented positions in the bank
Philosopher of science (The Logic of Scientific Discovery, The Open Society and Its Enemies). Falsifiability was his line between science and non-science. Positions from his published works — not a member.
38 documented positions in the bank
Philosopher of language and certainty (Tractatus, Philosophical Investigations, On Certainty). For him, many "beliefs" are the hinges our questions turn on. Positions from his published works — not a member.
11 documented positions in the bank
Lebanese-American former options trader and essayist (b. 1960, Amioun), author of the Incerto — Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game — whose work on fat tails, the Lindy effect, and skin in the game speaks directly to much of this bank. Position
121 documented positions in the bank
Linguist & political critic (Manufacturing Consent, 1988). Positions from his published works and interviews — not a member.
32 documented positions in the bank
Philosophy's anarchist (Against Method, 1975). "Anything goes": every tradition — science included — must earn its authority, and none gets it by office. Positions from his published works — not a member.
17 documented positions in the bank
Founder of modern philosophy (Meditations on First Philosophy, 1641). Doubted everything to find what could not be doubted. Positions from his published works — not a member.
18 documented positions in the bank
Environmental lawyer (Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance) turned vaccine-safety activist (Children's Health Defense), 2024 independent presidential candidate, and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2025; author of The Real Anthony Fauci (2021) and The Wuhan Cover-Up
107 documented positions in the bank
Physician and twelve-term Texas congressman (1976–2013) who ran for president three times and became the modern American libertarian movement's best-known figure; author of End the Fed (2009) and Liberty Defined (2011), famous for lone "no" votes, Austrian economics, and a nonint
79 documented positions in the bank
Jaggi Vasudev, yogi & founder of Isha. Positions from Inner Engineering and his public talks — not a member.
8 documented positions in the bank
Neuroscientist & author (The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will). Positions from his published books — not a member.
22 documented positions in the bank
Physicist (1942–2018). Positions reconstructed from his published books and interviews — not a member.
12 documented positions in the bank
Cognitive scientist & author. Positions reconstructed from The Blank Slate, Enlightenment Now, and Rationality — not a member.
29 documented positions in the bank
Author of Industrial Society and Its Future (1995). Included because his positions are extensively documented in his own writing — not a member, not an endorsement.
1 documented positions in the bank
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama. Positions from The Universe in a Single Atom and his secular-ethics works — not a member.
20 documented positions in the bank
Historian of science (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 1962) — he gave the world "paradigm shift." Positions from his published works — not a member.
13 documented positions in the bank
Logician and naturalist ("Two Dogmas of Empiricism", Word and Object). Beliefs form a web, revised at the edges under pressure from experience. Positions from his published works — not a member.
20 documented positions in the bank
Historian & author (Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons). Positions from his published books — not a member.
23 documented positions in the bank