Cognitive Gemology

The mental process by which a person polishes their own flawed memories and biased opinions until they shine like flawless facts in the jewelry box of their mind. It’s the psychological tendency to focus on the "brilliant cut" of a memory that supports one’s current worldview while completely ignoring the dull, cloudy, or contradictory facets of an event. When two people engage in a heated argument, they are essentially each holding up their own polished cognitive gemstone, insisting it's a perfect, objective reflection of reality.

Example: "In his mind, he was the hero of every story, a flawless diamond of charisma and wit. His friends, however, were well aware of the cognitive gemology at play, remembering the numerous times he'd been more of a dull, clumsy chunk of pyrite."

by Dumu The Void February 14, 2026

Critical Cognitive Sciences Theory

The study of how the human brain, that three-pound blob of fatty tissue, is fundamentally bad at being objective. It posits that our thoughts aren't pure, logical computations, but are instead a swampy, murky bog of cognitive biases, inherited prejudices, and heuristics desperately trying to pass themselves off as rational thought. It's the science of proving that your brain is lying to you—constantly—about everything from your own abilities to the intentions of others. It's the humbling realization that "I think, therefore I am" should probably be amended to "I think I'm being rational, but I'm actually just confirming my own biases."

Example: "He was absolutely certain his memory of the event was perfect, a high-definition recording. His friend, a student of critical cognitive sciences theory, just smiled, knowing that memory is more like a bad artist's sketch, redrawn and reinterpreted every time it's pulled from the dusty filing cabinet of the mind."

by Dumu The Void February 14, 2026

Spacetime-Probability Cognitive Sciences

The interdisciplinary study of how minds process information across the five-dimensional manifold of space, time, and probability. This field asks not just "how do we think?" but "how do we think across all possible branches of reality simultaneously?" It investigates phenomena like déjà vu (momentary overlap with a probability branch where you've already experienced this moment), intuition (access to information from adjacent probability branches where you already know the answer), and that strange feeling that you're being watched (you are—by a version of yourself from a branch where you're standing behind you). Spacetime-probability cognitive sciences suggest that your mind is not a single processing unit but a multiversal network, with most of its activity happening in branches you'll never consciously occupy.

Example: "She studied spacetime-probability cognitive sciences and now explains her forgetfulness as 'cross-branch interference.' 'I didn't forget your birthday,' she told her boyfriend. 'I just accessed a probability branch where I already celebrated it with you, and the memory hasn't properly synchronized with this branch.' He said that in the branch where she remembered, she probably also remembered to buy a gift, which she hadn't."

by Abzugal February 14, 2026

Spacetime-Probability Cognition

The actual process of thinking in five dimensions, where every thought exists not as a single mental event but as a probability distribution across countless branches of reality. When you're trying to remember someone's name, your brain isn't just searching memory—it's scanning probability branches where you've already remembered it, branches where you never knew it, and branches where you're currently having an entirely different thought about something else. The "aha!" moment of recall is simply the synchronization of your conscious awareness with the probability branch where the answer was always available. This explains why the name often comes to you hours later, in the shower, when you've stopped trying: your consciousness finally synced with the branch where you knew it all along.

Example: "He stood at the grocery store, frozen in the aisle, experiencing spacetime-probability cognition. In one branch, he was buying pasta. In another, rice. In a third, he'd already given up and was getting takeout. His conscious mind flickered between branches, unable to settle, while his cart remained empty and his patience eroded. Twenty minutes later, he left with neither pasta nor rice, having chosen the branch where he just went home hungry."

by Abzugal February 14, 2026

N-Dimensional Cognitive Sciences

The study of how minds process information across an arbitrary number of dimensions, where thoughts aren't just neural firings in 3D space but hyperdimensional events with components in every accessible dimension. This field investigates how the brain manages to function despite having access to only 3D sensory input while existing in an N-dimensional universe—the answer involves massive dimensional downsampling, which explains why your mental model of reality is so incomplete. N-dimensional cognitive sciences also explore phenomena like "dimensional intuition" (the ability to sense higher-dimensional relationships), "cross-dimensional memory" (remembering things that happened in other dimensions), and "dimensional confusion" (thinking you're in a dimension where you've already done something when you haven't, which is most of your mornings).

*Example: "She studied N-dimensional cognitive sciences and now explains her multitasking failures as 'dimensional overload.' 'I can't process email, text, and the conversation simultaneously,' she said, 'because my cognitive apparatus is optimized for 3D and you're asking for 4D performance.' Her boss said to just reply to the email. She said she'd try, but the 5D version of her had already done it."*

by Dumu The Void February 14, 2026

N-Dimensional Cognition

The actual process of thinking in N dimensions, where every thought is a hyperdimensional object with extensions into dimensions you can't consciously access. When you're trying to solve a problem, your brain isn't just running algorithms in 3D—it's exploring solutions across all dimensions, and the "aha!" moment is when the 3D slice of a higher-dimensional solution finally becomes accessible to consciousness. This explains creative breakthroughs (accessing higher-dimensional solution spaces), deja vu (temporal-dimensional overlap), and why you sometimes know things you couldn't possibly know (your higher-dimensional self already learned them). It also explains why thinking about thinking is so confusing—you're using a 3D brain to contemplate N-dimensional processes, which is like using a flip phone to understand quantum computing.

*Example: "He experienced N-dimensional cognition while trying to remember where he parked. In 3D, he was lost. In 4D, he could see all possible parking spots simultaneously. In 5D, he'd never driven to the mall at all. His 3D consciousness eventually found the car, but not before he'd spent twenty minutes wandering and questioning the nature of reality."*

by Dumu The Void February 14, 2026