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For Students

If you're a student, start here.

Thought experiments first. They're built to argue with — not to memorize.

There are no grades here. No quizzes. The work is in thinking out loud about questions that don't have a single right answer. Pick the door that matches how old you are, and you'll land in the right room.

Pick the door for your grade

Each door opens onto stories and dilemmas written for that age. You can always switch rooms once you're inside.

Once you've picked a room, here's a way through

These are useful at any age — but the experiments and essays will read more easily once you've started inside the right door.

Try a thought experiment first

Pick one and walk all the way through. The first time you do this, you'll feel the difference between memorizing and reasoning. That's the whole point.

Open the canon

Read one essay when you're ready for more

The Consciousness Line is a longer read about what it means to say something has a mind. Useful after the thought experiments, less so before.

Read the essay

Keep a record of your own reasoning

The Decision Journal saves your choices and notes on your own device. Nothing is sent anywhere. Useful for arguing with your own past self later.

Open the journal

Use the Dialogue Toolkit if you want to run one with friends

Five Socratic moves, sentence stems, and discussion protocols. Useful when you want to talk through a thought experiment with someone — instead of just reading it alone.

Open the toolkit
Or wander somewhere else

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