consciousness proof infrastructure

For nearly four centuries, René Descartes gave civilization something no philosopher before or since has managed: an unfalsifiable proof of existence. Cogito ergo sum—”I think, therefore I am”—held from 1637 until 2024 not because it was metaphysically perfect, but because it reflected technological reality. Thinking behavior required a thinking being. You could not produce coherent … Why Descartes’ Proof Stopped Working After 387 Years