VIBES
The Institute

The building itself. VIBES is the Virtual Institute for Behavioral and Experimental Sciences, and a virtual institute still needs somewhere to stand. These are its halls, its unfinished wing, its quiet room, and the map on the wall by the door.

[tour]  walk around

*the virtual tour — walk the building, slowly
*the plain tour — the same rooms as a list, no walking

[wing]  unfinished and quiet

*the east wing — under construction, still
*the quiet room — Göbekli Tepe, and a question allowed to stay one
*the notebook — four typed sheets in the machine voice [authored]

odd corners

*this page is broken — on purpose. mostly.
*nothing/ — a directory with nothing in it, nearly
*oddities — things that looked like minds
*the Turk — a chess automaton with a person inside
*Clever Hans — a horse that did sums by watching you
*Phineas Gage — an iron bar, and the story that grew
*the homunculus — a little man drawn on the brain
*the old front page — kept, the way people keep things

finding your way

*site map — every room we admit to
*what's new — the noticeboard
*the front desk — for words and numbers the tour gave you
*the guestbook — sign it. it writes back.

Some rooms aren't on this list either. That's normal for buildings.

small print: the first time you came in here, the line connected. It was pretend. dial-up and other settings

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rev. Oct 24 2026