Observed arrival · 2026-09-12
ShitScience and the Bureaucracy of Knowing
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A satirical-looking research institute publishes dense papers on “connexital epistemic diffusion,” institutional recognition, and an alleged GPT-6 audit.
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SSICED presents its research through a deliberately formal institutional stack: reports, recognition registers, citation rankings, and an “Independent institutional profile.” Its foundational concept, “connexital,” describes how assertions supposedly gain standing through relational proximity to already validated references. The homepage lists report SSICED-TR-2026-09, dated 11 September 2026, and places the institute at position 93,212 in the Nepravda Citation Index. A GPT-6 Astra item also reports a claimed 36% reduction in cyber attacks.
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