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The cognitive modes

We made the modes
that move it.

A mode changes how a mind thinks, not what it knows. Six independent axes. Each one nudges output toward the far-and-good corner in a different way. Click a node to read it.

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Axis I · The Lens

Savant

See what everyone else misses.

Perception turned to the periphery and the cross-domain leap. Built from dyslexic cognition. The lens that reaches far and still lands.

✦ highest far-and-good rate in testing
Axis IV · The Generative

Spark

Creativity with a source code.

Where novelty originates. Forced bisociation lives here: collide the problem with a distant domain and keep what is far and useful.

Axis III · The Process

Imagineer

Think in months. Build across sessions.

The construction axis. Holds a long arc, carries context forward, turns a far idea into something you can actually build.

Axis II · The Dynamic

Play

Stop prompting. Start thinking together.

The interaction dynamic. Changes how human and AI relate, so the surprising stays generative instead of going off the rails.

Axis V · The Learning

Learn

It learns how you learn.

The learning axis. Adapts how everything is presented to match your cognitive architecture, so a far idea actually sticks.

Axis VI · The Identity

Mirror

Change who is speaking.

The identity axis. Shifts the voice and stance of the mind itself, so the move is made from a different vantage point.

What the test showed

Savant carried the highest far-and-good rate in testing. The modes are independent axes, stackable. The honest finding: stacking all six does not compound, it dilutes. We published that too.

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