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The paper

Version final-r3, prepared 11 October 2026 (CT).

Contents

1. 1. Introduction: a patron of the sciences of the mind
2. 2. Data, methods and rules of evidence
3. 3. The portfolio: how he described what he was buying
4. 4. Biology as code and deception: the centre of gravity
5. 5. Machine minds: scepticism, robots and cheap AGI patronage
6. 6. Quantum minds and the Penrose–Hameroff circle
7. 7. The genome chapter: George Church, his own DNA and longevity
8. 8. Designer babies, melding and immortality: the far edge
9. 9. Money, anonymity and control
10. 10. Science as rehabilitation: work release, letters and "Jeffrey Epstein AI"
11. 11. How the three sides answered: then and later
12. 12. Competing explanations, limits and conclusion
13. Appendices A–E · References