E1 · Aesthetic resonance
Test whether experienced consonance and dissonance correspond to reproducible distributed neural patterns.
Epistemic boundary. These proposals distinguish measurable neuroscience from speculative cosmology. John’s methods can test distributed neural activity, synchrony, perception, memory, and autonomic regulation. They cannot, by themselves, prove a Cosmic Neutrino Background memory substrate, Fe-57 consciousness gate, or DNA antenna mechanism.
The roadmap
E2 · Resonance-frequency perception
Use frequency-tagged stimuli to test phase-locking, binding, and category perception.
E3 · Observer–environment coupling
Measure whether structured environments alter neural and autonomic coherence beyond intensity and expectation.
E4 · Memory reinstatement
Test whether learned patterns reappear during ambiguous perception and predict interpretation.
E5 · Choice and erasure cost
Study the physiological signatures of retention, revision, and replacement without overclaiming a thermodynamic result.
E6 · Distributed group coherence
Measure whether stable groups develop persistent, generalizable interaction patterns.
E7 · Circadian and geophysical covariates
Screen for environmental correlations while controlling sleep, season, light, stress, and time trends.
E8 · Cosmic-substrate tests
Reserve direct substrate claims for precise physical predictions and qualified institutional instrumentation.
How the layers relate
| Layer | Question | Methods | What it can support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neurobiological | Does experience involve distributed coherence? | EEG/MEG, evoked potentials, behavioral reports, decoding | John-style field and binding claims |
| Autonomic | Does resonance alter bodily regulation? | ECG/HRV, respiration, skin conductance, pupil response | Situated, embodied cognition |
| Relational | Do patterns persist between people? | Network entropy, mutual predictability, repeated group tasks | Emergent social intelligence |
| Geophysical | Do environmental variables explain residual variance? | Longitudinal sensors, solar and geomagnetic data, preregistered models | Covariance only; not cosmic causation |
| Cosmological | Is a non-EM substrate required? | Independent particle and astrophysical instrumentation | Only a replicated residual signal could justify this step |
Recommended sequence
Start with E1, E2, and E4. They stay closest to John’s empirical program and can produce interpretable results without assuming Metaversalism is true. Add E3 and E5 after the measurement pipeline is stable. Treat E6 and E7 as preregistered extensions. Do not begin E8 without a quantitative mechanism and an independent instrumentation plan.
The clean standard: publish the hypothesis, primary outcome, exclusion criteria, sample-size rationale, randomization, preprocessing, null model, multiple-comparison correction, and replication plan before inspecting decisive results.
Safety and ethics
Use noninvasive recording, informed consent, and institutional review where human participants are involved. Do not expose people to unsafe electromagnetic fields, sleep deprivation, extreme sensory conditions, radiation, or unvalidated devices. Synchrony is not proof of consciousness, telepathy, cosmic coupling, or moral alignment.
Read the full plans
The complete protocols, predictions, controls, and analysis standards are in experiment-plans.md in this collection.
Prepared from John (2001), the Metaversal Temple essays on aesthetic resonance, unified resonance, and testing mentalism, and ghojualamanchu’s nine-brain architecture.