01 / YOUR POSITION

Your position in the full map

First see the whole map,
then confirm where you are right now.

Starting from the Human Cognition Plaza, check separately what you are viewing now, your active focus, accumulated footprints and independent knowledge samples. Together they provide context for your position, but they are not interpreted as a ranking of intelligence, education or ability, and they are not compressed into a single total score.

Enter my cognitive world
01Confirm your current viewIt only shows where you are looking right now
02Check your exploration footprintsFocus, browsing and saves are each kept separately
03Keep knowledge samples separateFirst answers do not change map footprints

My position across the full cognition map

POSITION PROFILE · V5.1 · FOUR INDEPENDENT LAYERS

Your position is a set of verifiable footprints, not an ability score

"Viewing" only reflects map navigation. Active focus, catalog browsing, saved frontiers and knowledge answers are independent of one another, and no click is ever recast as your level of knowledge.

A · ViewingMatter & CosmosDefault entry to the full map; not counted as a personal footprint
B · Active focusNot selected yet0/3 domains, explicitly marked by you
C · Accumulated footprints0 knowledge areas · 0 beacons0/8 domains with navigation signals
D · Independent knowledge sample0/32 first responsesAcross 0/8 domains; does not change map footprints
Position profile across eight domainsExpand the raw item-by-item records · not compressed into a single coordinate

Note: the above are exploration records on this device, not a measure of intelligence, education, worth, professional ability or social ranking.

Mark the domains you are actively focusing on nowChoose 1–3. This is focus you state explicitly, and older browsing footprints will not override it.
FIRST PERSON · Your viewpoint

This light only shows where you have been; it does not score you

Focus forms a compass, browsing leaves footprints, and saving lights frontier beacons. Knowledge answers are shown separately and play no part in spatial position.

8 knowledge domains32 knowledge areas12 cross-domain bridges8 knowledge frontiersThe equal-angle layout serves navigation only; it does not reflect amount of knowledge, maturity or a discipline's value
Reading lens
100%Drag to pan · Pinch to zoom · Ctrl + scroll to zoom · Arrow keys to move

Use the zoom buttons or pinch to see the full map · tap a domain to enter

CROSS-DOMAIN ROUTESConnecting outward from "Matter & Cosmos"
Current bridgeQuantum information

How do physical laws constrain information and computation?

Current view: Matter & Cosmos, Fundamental Physics; Directly linked frontier: Is spacetime fundamental or an emergent structure?.

DIRECT LINK · Directly linkedFundamental Physics is linked to this frontier in the catalog

The five steps below belong to one catalog chain; more evidence can be added, and the chain can go on to independent review.

01 · Known basisFundamental Physics

Both theories have passed high-precision tests within their own domains of validity, and together they define the scales where they conflict.

02 · ClaimHow the current map summarizes it

Particles, fields, interactions and physical constants.

03 · EvidenceOpen questions

Rich mathematical approaches · little direct evidence; this node is linked to 1 structural or evidence sources.

Editorial draft · 0 independent reviews
04 · FrontiersTheoretical frontier

The fundamental relationship between spacetime continuity, quantum information, and gravity, and which empirical differences are within reach.

05 · ReviewWhat evidence would move the frontier

Candidate theories make low-energy predictions that black holes, cosmology, or precision measurements can tell apart.

Catalogued zoneCross-domain bridgeFrontiersCurrent center of explorationFirst responses: 0 , recorded only in the independent knowledge sample layer
How to read the visual encodingColor shows domain · Shape shows frontier type · Line style shows evidence status
Frontier shapes
Observational frontierTheoretical frontierComputational frontierValue frontier
Evidence line styles
Solid line · Evidence fairly stableDashed line · Evidence developingShort dashes · Competing theoriesDotted line · Open questionDash-dot line · Plural normative paths
01 · Expand into unexplored areasOpen a knowledge area in "Matter & Cosmos"

Coverage records only what you have actually opened; it does not mistake interest or time spent for mastery.

Open the full map →
02 · Build cross-domain linksQuantum information

How do physical laws constrain information and computation?

View bridges →
03 · Turn focus into questionsWhat exactly is dark matter?

What result would be enough to distinguish a new-particle explanation from a modified-gravity explanation?

View frontier cross-section →
View raw item-by-item records for all eight domainsBrowsing, saves and knowledge samples shown in separate layers
DIRECTORY TRAIL0 / 32

No knowledge areas opened yet; focus and saves are still kept separately.

Independent knowledge sample0/32The question bank is an editorial draft with 0 independent reviews; samples are not used to judge ability or to rank across domains.
Matter & CosmosNo navigation footprints
Catalog browsing
0/4
Frontier beacons
0
Active focusNo
Knowledge first responses0/4
Answer-key matches—

Knowledge samples are a separate experimental layer; they do not change navigation footprints or your viewing position on the map.

Life & ConsciousnessNo navigation footprints
Catalog browsing
0/4
Frontier beacons
0
Active focusNo
Knowledge first responses0/4
Answer-key matches—

Knowledge samples are a separate experimental layer; they do not change navigation footprints or your viewing position on the map.

Humanity & SocietyNo navigation footprints
Catalog browsing
0/4
Frontier beacons
0
Active focusNo
Knowledge first responses0/4
Answer-key matches—

Knowledge samples are a separate experimental layer; they do not change navigation footprints or your viewing position on the map.

Technology & EngineeringNo navigation footprints
Catalog browsing
0/4
Frontier beacons
0
Active focusNo
Knowledge first responses0/4
Answer-key matches—

Knowledge samples are a separate experimental layer; they do not change navigation footprints or your viewing position on the map.

Mathematics & ComputationNo navigation footprints
Catalog browsing
0/4
Frontier beacons
0
Active focusNo
Knowledge first responses0/4
Answer-key matches—

Knowledge samples are a separate experimental layer; they do not change navigation footprints or your viewing position on the map.

Value & MeaningNo navigation footprints
Catalog browsing
0/4
Frontier beacons
0
Active focusNo
Knowledge first responses0/4
Answer-key matches—

Knowledge samples are a separate experimental layer; they do not change navigation footprints or your viewing position on the map.

Earth & EcologyNo navigation footprints
Catalog browsing
0/4
Frontier beacons
0
Active focusNo
Knowledge first responses0/4
Answer-key matches—

Knowledge samples are a separate experimental layer; they do not change navigation footprints or your viewing position on the map.

Futures & UnknownsNo navigation footprints
Catalog browsing
0/4
Frontier beacons
0
Active focusNo
Knowledge first responses0/4
Answer-key matches—

Knowledge samples are a separate experimental layer; they do not change navigation footprints or your viewing position on the map.

OPTIONAL KNOWLEDGE SAMPLEFurther calibrate your knowledge evidenceCompleted so far: 0/32 · expand to answer
KNOWLEDGE EVIDENCE LAB

Knowledge evidence lab

Each of the eight domains offers 4 editorial draft questions. Mark 50%, 70% or 90% confidence first, then submit your answer. Only your first answer counts as local evidence, and the explanation appears only after you answer.

knowledge-items-0.2.0editorial_draft0 independent answer reviews
Overall progress0 / 32
Current domain0 / 4

All answers are saved only in this browser and are not sent to the server; clearing the site's local records deletes them too.

Matter & Cosmos

Matter & Cosmos

Each question allows only one valid submission. Small-sample results describe only this question set and are not used for comparisons between domains or for personal rankings.

01In standard quantum theory, what is the wave function most directly used to calculate?
Confidence before submitting

After choosing your confidence, clicking an option submits your first answer.

02In general relativity, what is gravity primarily described as?
Confidence before submitting

After choosing your confidence, clicking an option submits your first answer.

03Given how it currently shows up, what is the most direct reason dark matter is called "dark"?
Confidence before submitting

After choosing your confidence, clicking an option submits your first answer.

04What, first and foremost, does a redshift in an astronomical spectrum show was measured?
Confidence before submitting

After choosing your confidence, clicking an option submits your first answer.

The current question bank has not yet completed two independent answer reviews by domain experts and is not a standardized test; first responses are only illustrative local evidence for continually improving the measurement method.
Public measurement methods and limitations +

Observation preference: Your current sketch is "Not selected yet / Not selected yet / Not selected yet". It describes only your reading entry point and is not used to calculate footprints or knowledge samples.

Catalog browsing: Records only the unique knowledge areas you actually opened; "2/4" means you have viewed 2 of 4 catalog entries, not a degree of mastery.

Footprint layers: Active focus, catalog browsing and saved frontiers are stored separately. The thickness of a light ray on the map shows only how many kinds of signal a domain has; it does not produce a weighted total score, and it does not compress opposite directions into a single personal coordinate.

Knowledge evidence: Comes only from first valid responses in the current question bank version, which cannot be overwritten. Searching, reading and saving do not add answer-key matches and do not change navigation footprints.

Limitations: The current question bank is still an editorial draft with 0 independent answer reviews, and has no population norms, ability rankings, test-retest reliability, construct validity or cross-cultural fairness validation. Questions differ across domains and samples are very small, so comparing or ranking across domains is not allowed. This feature is not an intelligence, personality, educational, medical or psychological diagnostic tool.

OPTIONAL PREFERENCEAdjust observation preference

Three optional steps that describe only your starting point, time horizon and way of participating; they are not used to calculate your position or knowledge evidence. Completed: 0/3.

01 Faced with a complex problem, where do you usually start?
02 How far ahead do you prefer to look?
03 Facing the unknown, how would you rather take part?