{"id":7779714,"date":"2026-05-12T09:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artaquest.org\/code-of-conduct\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:39:09","slug":"code-of-conduct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artaquest.org\/th\/code-of-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Code of Conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Code of Conduct<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">ArtaQuest is a place to study how the world works and why \u2014 fundamental physics and humanitarian philosophy. Honest disagreement is not a threat to that work; it is how it gets done. This Code defines the standards of behaviour we expect from every participant \u2014 learner, instructor, or contributor. Its purpose is not to restrict what can be said, but to keep how it is said worthy of the ideas being explored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Commitment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are committed to a learning environment that is open, respectful, and intellectually honest regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, level of experience, nationality, race, religion, or sexual orientation.\n\nWe are equally committed to protecting the freedom to think a question through and reach your own conclusion. An AI is trained to minimise entropy \u2014 to narrow every question toward its single most likely answer. We insist on the opposite: that a range of competing views is not a courtesy we tolerate but the very condition that makes real inquiry possible. A community that permits only the approved conclusion is not learning \u2014 it is performing learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expected Behaviour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Engage in good faith.<\/strong> Challenge ideas with evidence and reason \u2014 never with social pressure, appeal to authority, or algorithmic consensus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Honour disagreement.<\/strong> On deep questions \u2014 consciousness, free will, meaning, the legitimacy of institutions \u2014 profound disagreement is not a failure of the conversation; it is its purpose. Debate the idea with rigour and without mercy. Interrogate the argument, not the arguer. The most productive intellectual environments in history have always been the ones where the sharpest disagreements were most welcomed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pursue accuracy without confusing it with consensus.<\/strong> Cite sources. Distinguish clearly between &#8220;the dominant view holds&#8221; and &#8220;this is established as true&#8221; \u2014 these are not the same thing, and conflating them is how intellectual progress gets blocked. Say &#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8221; when you don&#8217;t. Epistemic honesty is an act of intellectual courage, not weakness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Support fellow learners.<\/strong> Share knowledge generously \u2014 especially with those asking the questions everyone else is afraid to ask. Intellectual courage deserves encouragement. Another person&#8217;s progress does not diminish your own.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protect privacy.<\/strong> Do not share personal information about others without their explicit consent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Honour the mission.<\/strong> This platform exists for learning, not promotion. Do not use it to advertise products, services, or unrelated causes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unacceptable Behaviour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Harassment, intimidation, or discrimination in any form<\/li>\n<li>Personal attacks, insults, or derogatory language<\/li>\n<li>Deliberate misrepresentation of facts or sources \u2014 including presenting contested consensus as if it were settled fact<\/li>\n<li>Plagiarism or academic dishonesty in course assessments<\/li>\n<li>Sharing others&#8217; copyrighted content without permission<\/li>\n<li>Spamming, trolling, or any behaviour that degrades the learning environment for others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consequences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Violations may result in a warning, temporary suspension, or permanent removal from the platform. Severe violations \u2014 harassment, fraud, or academic dishonesty \u2014 result in immediate removal without warning. Importantly: holding or expressing an unconventional or minority view is never a violation. We will not remove anyone for thinking differently. We apply these consequences consistently and without regard to how long someone has been a member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reporting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you witness or experience a violation, email <a href=\"mailto:support@artaquest.org\">support@artaquest.org<\/a>. Reports are treated confidentially and acknowledged within 5 business days. You will not face any negative consequences for reporting in good faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Note on Difficult Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our courses engage with subjects \u2014 consciousness, meaning, ethics, power, the use of knowledge, the structure of knowledge itself \u2014 that people hold with great personal intensity. We do not ask anyone to abandon their beliefs, and we do not ask anyone to defer to expert opinion simply because it is the expert opinion. We ask everyone to hold their views with enough courage to expose them to genuine challenge \u2014 and enough humility to be changed by what they encounter. The appropriate stance is not cynicism but calibrated humility: firm enough to defend a position under pressure, open enough to revise it under evidence. That combination is the only prerequisite we have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ArtaQuest Code of Conduct: rigorous debate, intellectual honesty, and active protection for heterodox, minority, and speculative viewpoints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7779714","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artaquest.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7779714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artaquest.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artaquest.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artaquest.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7779714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artaquest.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7779714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7781430,"href":"https:\/\/artaquest.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7779714\/revisions\/7781430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artaquest.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7779714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}