16 Willsbrook View

A place to remember! Literally a heaven on earth! I was also raped brutally but y’know it is what it is

This place is like 16 Willsbrook View

by Cillian’s crew March 1, 2024

16:20

A new way to say 4:20, as it reads the same
Some Grindr users use it in their profile to say they're into 4:20

fun now // no bb // 16:20

by nightray798 March 8, 2024

The 16 Axes of the Science Spectrum

The ultimate model, adding the final dimensions of social embeddedness and metaphysical commitment. Building on the 12 Axes, we add: Axis 13: Independent-Embedded (science as separate from society vs. deeply enmeshed). Axis 14: Objective-Reflexive (observer separate vs. observer part of system). Axis 15: Realist-Instrumentalist (models describe reality vs. models are useful tools). Axis 16: Materialist-Pluralist (matter fundamental vs. multiple fundamentals). These sixteen axes generate 65,536 potential positions—enough to capture every scientific approach, every methodological debate, every philosophical commitment. The 16 Axes reveal that science isn't a single thing but a multidimensional space of possibilities, and that progress isn about finding the one true position but about navigating the space with wisdom.

The 16 Axes of the Science Spectrum "You want science to be one thing, one method, one philosophy. The 16 Axes show that's impossible—there are 65,536 ways to do science, each appropriate for different phenomena, different questions, different contexts. The unity of science isn't in its method—it's in its commitment to understanding, whatever that requires. Sixteen axes, infinite approaches, one goal."

by Dumu The Void February 25, 2026

The 16 Axes of the Technology Spectrum

The ultimate model, adding the final dimensions of metaphysical and existential impact. Building on the 12 Axes, we add: Axis 13: Instrumental-Constitutive (tool we use vs. technology that shapes who we are). Axis 14: External-Internal (outside us vs. integrated with body/mind). Axis 15: Visible-Invisible (noticeable when used vs. faded into background). Axis 16: Controllable-Uncontrollable (we can turn it off vs. it operates beyond our choice). These sixteen axes generate 65,536 potential positions—enough to capture every technology, every relationship, every impact. The 16 Axes reveal that technology isn't just what we make—it's what makes us. Constitutive technologies (language, writing, now AI) shape human consciousness itself. Internal technologies (pacemakers, neural implants) blur the boundary between self and tool. Invisible technologies (algorithms governing everything) operate beyond awareness. Uncontrollable technologies (global systems we can't shut down) challenge human agency itself.

The 16 Axes of the Technology Spectrum "You think AI is just another tool, like a toaster. The 16 Axes show otherwise: AI is soft, industrial, replacing, opaque, centralized, exploitative, ephemeral (models change constantly), deskilling, global, asynchronous, enforcing, controlling, constitutive (shapes thought), internal (soon), invisible (already), uncontrollable (who's turning it off?). That's not a toaster—that's a new kind of thing. The 16 Axes give you language to talk about it. Use them."

by Dumu The Void February 25, 2026

The 16 Axes of the Progress Spectrum

The ultimate model, adding the final dimensions of existential and metaphysical significance. Building on the 12 Axes, we add: Axis 13: Human-Posthuman (progress for humans as we are vs. progress that transforms us into something else). Axis 14: Immanent-Transcendent (progress within history vs. progress toward something beyond it). Axis 15: Cumulative-Transformative (adding to what came before vs. replacing it entirely). Axis 16: Meaningful-Meaningless (progress that matters vs. progress that is empty). These sixteen axes generate 65,536 potential positions—enough to capture every vision of progress, every critique, every hope. The 16 Axes reveal that progress isn't a single direction but a multidimensional space of possibilities. AI progress is material, collective (and individual), fast, concentrated, deep (transforming cognition), possibly incompatible with human nature as we know it, measurable, possibly untenable, posthuman (changing what "human" means), immanent (within history), transformative (replacing previous modes), and profoundly contested on the meaningfulness axis. The 16 Axes don't tell you what progress is—they give you language to ask.

The 16 Axes of the Progress Spectrum "You want to know if we're making progress? First, answer the 16 Axes: material or moral? Individual or collective? Fast or slow? Concentrated or diffuse? Deep or shallow? Compatible with human nature or transforming it? Immanent or transcendent? Meaningful or meaningless? And that's just half the list. Progress isn't a simple story—it's 16 questions, and your answers determine everything. Most people haven't even asked one."

by Dumu The Void February 25, 2026

The 16 Axes of the Epistemology Spectrum

The ultimate model, adding the final dimensions of metaphysical commitment and epistemic value. Building on the 12 Axes, we add: Axis 13: Realist-Antirealist (knowledge aims to describe reality as it is vs. knowledge aims to manage experience). Axis 14: Objectivist-Constructivist (knowledge discovers what's there vs. knowledge builds what works). Axis 15: Universalist-Relativist (knowledge holds for everyone vs. knowledge is relative to framework). Axis 16: Valuable-Instrumental (knowledge good in itself vs. knowledge good for what it does). These sixteen axes generate 65,536 potential positions—enough to capture every epistemological theory, every debate, every perspective. The 16 Axes reveal that epistemology isn't a single question with a single answer—it's a multidimensional space of choices about what knowledge is, where it comes from, how it's structured, what it's for, and who it's for. Realist-objectivist-universalist-valuable knowledge is one vision (Plato). Constructivist-relativist-instrumental knowledge is another (pragmatism). The 16 Axes don't tell you which position is right—they give you language to understand why the debate is so rich, so old, and so unresolved.

The 16 Axes of the Epistemology Spectrum "You want one epistemology to rule them all. The 16 Axes show that's impossible—there are 65,536 possible positions, each with its own logic, its own strengths, its own blind spots. Realism works for physics maybe, but for ethics? Relativism is dangerous but also unavoidable. Constructivism explains science well but struggles with truth. The 16 Axes aren't a menu to choose from—they're a map of the territory. You're not looking for the right answer; you're looking for your coordinates. And until you know where you stand, you don't even know what you're asking."

by Dumu The Void February 25, 2026

The 16 Axes of the Pseudoscience Spectrum

The ultimate model, adding the final dimensions of relationship to truth and social function. Building on the 12 Axes, we add: Axis 13: Truth-Seeking-Identity-Protecting (aims at truth vs. aims at protecting group identity). Axis 14: Self-Correcting-Defensive (changes when wrong vs. doubles down). Axis 15: Transparent-Opaque (methods open to scrutiny vs. hidden or secret). Axis 16: Beneficial-Harmful (effects on human welfare). These sixteen axes generate 65,536 potential positions—enough to capture every fringe theory, every pseudoscience, every pathological science. The 16 Axes reveal that pseudoscience isn't a single thing but a family resemblance concept: claims that cluster on the wrong ends of multiple axes. Astrology fails on most axes. Homeopathy fails on most. Climate denial fails on most. But they fail in different patterns, for different reasons, with different consequences. The 16 Axes don't give you a simple pseudoscience detector—they give you a map of the territory, showing why some claims are closer to science and others are farther away, why some are harmless and others deadly, why some are just confused and others are actively deceptive.

The 16 Axes of the Pseudoscience Spectrum "You want a line between science and pseudoscience. The 16 Axes show there is no line—there's a multidimensional space with 65,536 positions. Astrology is far on method, progress, falsifiability, engagement, motivation, explanation, community, authority, evidence, parsimony, consistency, cumulation, identity (it's identity-protecting), defensiveness (doubles down), transparency (methods public but bad), and harm (mostly harmless). Climate denial is far on different axes, with different harms. The 16 Axes don't draw a line—they give you a language for why things are different, even when they're both not science. That's not relativism—that's precision."

by Dumu The Void February 25, 2026