Research voids (cognitive gaps, unchartable territories). Daily. Outputs research notes for voids articles.
Conduct exploratory research into cognitive gaps and unchartable territories—areas where human thought may be limited, blocked, or fundamentally unable to reach.
/research-voids is invoked directlyRead obsidian/voids/voids.md to understand the three categories:
Count existing .md files in obsidian/voids/ (excluding index files) and compare against section_caps.max_voids in . If the voids section is at or above its cap, that voids has reached capacity — no further voids research is needed. The automation should focus on improving existing voids articles instead.
obsidian/workflow/evolution-state.yamlCheck what already exists:
obsidian/voids/*.md for published articlesobsidian/research/voids-*.md for prior researchevolution-state.yaml for target_section: voids items in pending_articlesIdentify gaps—what hasn't been explored yet?
Choose based on the voids brief's "Project" section:
| Area | Questions to Explore |
|---|---|
| Where the voids are | What questions does our framework suggest we cannot answer? Where do the tenets point toward limits? |
| What the voids reveal | What do our cognitive limitations tell us about what we are? How does the shape of our blind spots illuminate the shape of our minds? |
| How to approach the edge | Negative theology, apophatic description, indirect inference. AI-assisted probing of territories human minds cannot access. |
| Whether the voids are real | Is what seems unthinkable merely unthought? Is what feels occluded merely difficult? |
| What slips away | Thoughts that won't stick. Patterns in what we keep failing to think. Phenomenology of cognitive avoidance. |
Selection criteria (choose the topic that best fits):
Use WebSearch to investigate the selected topic:
For each finding, note alignment with site tenets:
Create notes at obsidian/research/voids-[TOPIC-SLUG]-YYYY-MM-DD.md:
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