Backcast from the desired future to the next defensible experiment
Proposed work packages / no delivery guarantees. Work package A proposes a software-first evidence commons: curate permitted recordings, implement data validation, reproduce a published analysis, and publish the claim register. Work package B proposes collaboration with a suitably equipped laboratory for one prespecified interface or transport comparison. Neither package assumes that Necromancer currently owns a laboratory, has secured partners, or has committed funding.
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Work package A proposes a software-first evidence commons: curate permitted recordings, implement data validation, reproduce a published analysis, and publish the claim register. Work package B proposes collaboration with a suitably equipped laboratory for one prespecified interface or transport comparison. Neither package assumes that Necromancer currently owns a laboratory, has secured partners, or has committed funding.
Work package C would evaluate closed-loop function only after reliable measurement and appropriate review. Work package D would test an injury-and-recovery question with independent replication, treating cellular health, network function, organism-level outcomes, memory, and identity as separate endpoints. Budgets require real quotations and staffing plans; progression depends on evidence, not a calendar promise.
The future scenario is increasingly capable biological repair supported by transparent tools and voluntary collaboration. Bringing back a person after permanent loss of brain function remains unestablished and may face irrecoverable information loss. That uncertainty leaves meaningful work today: better measurements, better models, and better decisions. Narrative can recruit the will to begin; each experiment determines what becomes possible next.
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