Method & ethics
How this portal was built
A site about the world's most famous myth has one job: don't add to the noise. Here is exactly how every claim earned its label, and the rules we hold ourselves to.
Three research passes, adversarially verified
The dossier behind this portal was assembled from three independent deep-research runs. Each fanned out parallel web searches, fetched and read the underlying sources, and then put every extracted claim through three-vote adversarial verification: independent checks attempted to refute each statement, and a claim only survived if it held up. Roughly 300 research-agent runs contributed in total.
That process is also why some "famous facts" aren't here. A claim that Aristotle called Atlantis an invention was refuted and dropped. The viral "Spartel Bank = Atlantis" match failed verification. And a fabricated paper about Maxwell's "submarine capabilities" was flagged as unreliable and excluded from every conclusion.
The four labels
- Proven — documented by primary sources or multiple reputable outlets. For textual claims, "proven" means the text demonstrably says this — not that the text is true.
- Speculative — reported, plausible, or asserted by named parties, but not established. Includes unconfirmed scientific hypotheses.
- Unproven Theory — fringe or pseudohistorical claims with no reliable basis. Documented to address honestly, not to endorse.
- Refuted — tested and failed, or traced to fabricated sources.
A distinction runs through everything: "X claimed Y" is not "Y is true." We keep them apart on every page.
Our rules for living people
The Maxwell/Epstein strand concerns a living person. We state only what is documented, we mark contested claims as contested, and we present conspiracy material exclusively to debunk it — never as fact. Sources that are blogs, forums, or fabrications are flagged with a ⚠ and never counted as evidence.
The numbers
This portal currently catalogues 41 labeled claims: 23 proven, 9 speculative, 4 unproven, and 5 refuted. Every one links to its sources in the Evidence Room.
Corrections
This is a research project, and research updates. If a label is wrong or a better primary source exists, it should be changed. The point of the ledger is that it can be checked.