# v8 BRIEF — what this folder is

The five expeditions (v1–v5) generated **1,500 hypotheses**, 150 dossiers and 15 investigations.
They all shared one shape: *propose a claim, test it, refine it.*

v8 is different in kind. It is not another hypothesis set. It contains:

| Folder | What it holds | Why it is different |
|---|---|---|
| `00_MAP_OF_UNKNOWNS` | a taxonomy of ignorance | about *kinds* of not-knowing, not claims |
| `01_GENERATORS` | **operations that produce ideas** | meta-ideas: recipes, not results |
| `02_INVENTIONS` | things that could be built | mechanisms + first experiment, not products |
| `03_DISCOVERIES` | questions with a decisive measurement | open questions, not hypotheses |
| `04_UNKNOWN_TERRITORY` | candidates for the genuinely unknown | with why they are invisible |
| `05_UNASKED_QUESTIONS` | questions nobody asks, and why | about the shape of the discipline |
| `06_TOOLS` | unexploited datasets, instruments, search moves | practical |

## Formats

**GENERATOR** (120–220 words)
```
### G0nn — <name of the operation>
**Operation.** <how to do it, step by step>
**Produces.** <what kind of idea comes out>
**Worked example.** <one concrete output>
**Fails when.** <what it cannot reach>
```

**INVENTION** (140–240 words)
```
### I0nn — <name>
**What it does.** <function, in one sentence>
**Principle.** <the physics/chemistry that makes it work>
**Why it does not exist yet.** <a technical obstacle, never "nobody thought of it">
**First test.** <a number, a bench check, or a simulation that would show it works>
**Nearest known capability.** <what it beats or replaces>
```

**DISCOVERY** (140–240 words)
```
### D0nn — <the question>
**Question.** <one sentence, answerable>
**Why unresolved.** <what blocks it: instrument, concept, assumption, access>
**Decisive measurement.** <what would settle it>
**Counts as an answer if.** <the form of a resolution>
**Why it matters.** <what changes>
```

**UNKNOWN TERRITORY** (160–260 words)
```
### U0nn — <the candidate unknown>
**The suspicion.** <what might exist>
**Why it is invisible.** <which assumption, instrument or incentive hides it>
**A way to glimpse it.** <an indirect probe>
**Honest status.** <why this may well be nothing>
```

**UNASKED QUESTION** (120–200 words)
```
### Q0nn — <the question>
**Question.** <one sentence>
**Why nobody asks it.** <a structural reason, not a conspiracy>
**What changes if answered.** <consequence>
```

## Hard rules

1. **No hypothesis restated.** If an item could sit in v1–v5 unchanged, replace it.
2. **Mechanism or nothing.** "Imagine a material that..." without a mechanism is rejected.
3. **No fabricated numbers, citations, datasets, or results.**
4. **The obstacle must be real.** "Why it doesn't exist" is a technical or economic barrier, not a
   claim that nobody has been clever.
5. **Honest status on U items.** Unknown unknowns cannot be listed; candidates must come with the
   reason they are probably nothing.
6. **No prohibited subjects:** human demographics, social constructs, politics, economics, climate,
   ecology, marketing.
7. **Diversity within each file:** no two items share a core idea.