- **Intense World Syndrome hypothesis**: A new theory of autism was discussed, proposing it is caused by hyper-functioning local neural microcircuits leading to excessive information processing rather than deficits; a PDF and a blog summary were shared (http://heybryan.org/docs/Intense_world_syndrome.pdf and http://heybryan.org/intense_world_syndrome.html).

- **Ideonomy vs. memetics debate**: Participants contrasted ideonomy (systematic ontology-building for exhaustive categorization) with memetics (study of idea transmission and evolution), questioning whether subjective categorization can ever be made objective or mathematically rigorous.

- **Spiral Dynamics critique**: The color-coded value-system model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Dynamics) was dismissed as overly subjective and lacking empirical grounding, with suggestions that game-theoretic approaches might offer more objective descriptions of societal value systems.

- **Open-source space projects**: kanzure’s involvement in Virgle (open-source Mars colonization effort, http://openvirgle.net/) was mentioned, along with collaboration with multiple space-advocacy groups (Mars Society, L5 Society, Moon Society, etc.).

- **Autism and perception anecdotes**: Personal experiences with peripheral vision, focus, and sensory overload were exchanged, linking everyday perceptual quirks to the Intense World model.

- **Bayesian reasoning resources**: Links to Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Bayesian reasoning primer (http://yudkowsky.net/bayes/bayes.html) and Paul Graham’s autism essay (http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/autism) were shared as background reading.

- **Semantic knowledge-base tools**: Brief mention of SKDB (open-source hardware knowledge base) and frustration over stalled development, with reference to semantic-mediawiki discussions and outreach to Joseph Jackson Fernhout.