Spiritual Evidence Map
Worldview Fit · V1

Which big explanation best fits the evidence?

Individual claims tell us what has evidence. Worldview Fit asks a bigger question: which model of reality explains the most, assumes the least, and handles the evidence most responsibly?

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Computed live from claims, patterns & implications · Updates automatically · Best fit, not truth

Top fit score
2.4/10
Nonlinear Time / Block Universe
Worldview models
9
competing fits
Implications
15
rolled up from claims
Mapped claims
102
evidence-scored
Worldview Fit Graph

Worldview Radar

Worldview Fit compares big explanations across evidence, explanatory power, coherence, usefulness, and risk. A higher score does not mean proven — it means the model currently fits the mapped evidence better on that dimension.

Compare worldviews
3/3 selected
EvidenceExplainsCoheresSciencePracticalLow HarmLow Spec.
  • Strict Physicalismfit 2.3
  • Consciousness Continuityfit 1.6
  • Soul-Growth Modelfit 2.2
Ranked worldview models

Big explanations, scored against the evidence.

Every model is scored across nine dimensions — fit, evidence support, explanatory power, coherence, speculation risk, practical usefulness, harm risk, scientific compatibility, and spiritual depth. The headline Fit score combines them all. Ordering updates automatically as the underlying claims change.

Current top fit
Comparing · A
01 / 09Physical
Provisional

Nonlinear Time / Block Universe

Past, present, and future may all exist in some form. The 'flow' of time may be a feature of consciousness, not of physics.

Fit Score
2.4/ 10
Weakly supported
  • EvidenceStrength of the supporting claims, net of any weakening claims.
    2.6
  • ExplainsHow much of the evidence map this worldview actually accounts for.
    4.2
  • CoheresHow internally consistent the model is on its own terms.
    8
  • SpeculationSize of the interpretive leap the model requires.
    4
  • PracticalHow useful the model tends to be when held lightly in everyday life.
    4.4
  • HarmHow dangerous the model can become if held too literally. UP = more risk.
    2
  • ScienceHow well the model fits mainstream scientific evidence.
    5.4
  • TraditionHow much serious spiritual or cross-cultural tradition the model carries.
    5.3
Explains well
  • ·Special relativity's symmetric treatment of past and future
  • ·The persistence of past events as 'still real' in some sense
Struggles with
  • ·Why time feels strongly directional from inside experience
  • ·How free will fits if the future already exists in some form
Strongest supporting claims
Strongest challenging claims
02 / 09Physical
Provisional

Strict Physicalism

Reality is fully physical. Consciousness is produced by the brain. Death ends personal experience and there is no continuity beyond it.

Fit Score
2.3/ 10
Weakly supported
  • EvidenceStrength of the supporting claims, net of any weakening claims.
    3
  • ExplainsHow much of the evidence map this worldview actually accounts for.
    2.7
  • CoheresHow internally consistent the model is on its own terms.
    7
  • SpeculationSize of the interpretive leap the model requires.
    2
  • PracticalHow useful the model tends to be when held lightly in everyday life.
    6
  • HarmHow dangerous the model can become if held too literally. UP = more risk.
    3
  • ScienceHow well the model fits mainstream scientific evidence.
    7.5
  • TraditionHow much serious spiritual or cross-cultural tradition the model carries.
    5.5
Explains well
  • ·Lesion, anesthesia, and pharmacology effects on consciousness
  • ·Why the brain is required for normal waking experience
Struggles with
  • ·Terminal lucidity in advanced dementia
  • ·The hard problem of consciousness itself
Strongest supporting claims
Strongest challenging claims
Comparing · B
03 / 09Spiritual
Provisional

Soul-Growth Model

Life may function as a developmental environment for consciousness — a place where awareness, character, and capacity for love can deepen.

Fit Score
2.2/ 10
Weakly supported
  • EvidenceStrength of the supporting claims, net of any weakening claims.
    2.9
  • ExplainsHow much of the evidence map this worldview actually accounts for.
    5.2
  • CoheresHow internally consistent the model is on its own terms.
    8
  • SpeculationSize of the interpretive leap the model requires.
    5
  • PracticalHow useful the model tends to be when held lightly in everyday life.
    6.4
  • HarmHow dangerous the model can become if held too literally. UP = more risk.
    4
  • ScienceHow well the model fits mainstream scientific evidence.
    5.3
  • TraditionHow much serious spiritual or cross-cultural tradition the model carries.
    7.6
Explains well
  • ·Reported life reviews emphasising relationships and integrity
  • ·Long-term effects of meditation and mystical experience
Struggles with
  • ·Why some lives appear to have no opportunity for growth
  • ·Why the world contains so much apparently random suffering
Strongest supporting claims
Strongest challenging claims
04 / 09Skeptical
Provisional

Skeptical Psychological Model

Most spiritual experiences are explained by memory errors, culture, brain states, grief, and meaning-making — not by metaphysics.

Fit Score
1.7/ 10
Weakly supported
  • EvidenceStrength of the supporting claims, net of any weakening claims.
    1.9
  • ExplainsHow much of the evidence map this worldview actually accounts for.
    2.5
  • CoheresHow internally consistent the model is on its own terms.
    8
  • SpeculationSize of the interpretive leap the model requires.
    2
  • PracticalHow useful the model tends to be when held lightly in everyday life.
    4.9
  • HarmHow dangerous the model can become if held too literally. UP = more risk.
    3
  • ScienceHow well the model fits mainstream scientific evidence.
    6.2
  • TraditionHow much serious spiritual or cross-cultural tradition the model carries.
    5.6
Explains well
  • ·Most paranormal claims, by parsimony alone
  • ·How belief, suggestion, and culture shape experience
Struggles with
  • ·Children's verifiable past-life statements
  • ·Terminal lucidity in advanced dementia
Strongest supporting claims
Strongest challenging claims
05 / 09Spiritual
Provisional

Consciousness Continuity

Consciousness may continue in some form after the body dies — without committing to any specific religious afterlife.

Fit Score
1.6/ 10
Weakly supported
  • EvidenceStrength of the supporting claims, net of any weakening claims.
    2.8
  • ExplainsHow much of the evidence map this worldview actually accounts for.
    4.7
  • CoheresHow internally consistent the model is on its own terms.
    8
  • SpeculationSize of the interpretive leap the model requires.
    5
  • PracticalHow useful the model tends to be when held lightly in everyday life.
    6.2
  • HarmHow dangerous the model can become if held too literally. UP = more risk.
    2
  • ScienceHow well the model fits mainstream scientific evidence.
    5.3
  • TraditionHow much serious spiritual or cross-cultural tradition the model carries.
    7.7
Explains well
  • ·Structured NDEs across cultures
  • ·Terminal lucidity in advanced neurodegeneration
Struggles with
  • ·Whether full memories or only fragments persist
  • ·How continuity interacts with brain damage and dementia
Strongest supporting claims
Strongest challenging claims
06 / 09Spiritual
Provisional

Religious Theism

A personal God or divine intelligence created or guides reality. The strongest evidence currently mapped does not single out any specific religion.

Fit Score
0.6/ 10
Weakly supported
  • EvidenceStrength of the supporting claims, net of any weakening claims.
    3
  • ExplainsHow much of the evidence map this worldview actually accounts for.
    4.4
  • CoheresHow internally consistent the model is on its own terms.
    7
  • SpeculationSize of the interpretive leap the model requires.
    7
  • PracticalHow useful the model tends to be when held lightly in everyday life.
    6.6
  • HarmHow dangerous the model can become if held too literally. UP = more risk.
    6
  • ScienceHow well the model fits mainstream scientific evidence.
    4.2
  • TraditionHow much serious spiritual or cross-cultural tradition the model carries.
    7.7
Explains well
  • ·The cross-cultural sense of meaning
  • ·Reports of encounter with a benevolent presence in NDEs
Struggles with
  • ·The amount and distribution of suffering in the world
  • ·Why divine action is not consistently observable
Strongest supporting claims
Strongest challenging claims
Risk

Don't let religion override science on medical or empirical questions.

07 / 09Spiritual
Provisional

Reincarnation Model

Some form of identity, memory, consciousness, or unresolved pattern may carry from one life to another.

Fit Score
0.4/ 10
Weakly supported
  • EvidenceStrength of the supporting claims, net of any weakening claims.
    2.3
  • ExplainsHow much of the evidence map this worldview actually accounts for.
    4.7
  • CoheresHow internally consistent the model is on its own terms.
    7
  • SpeculationSize of the interpretive leap the model requires.
    6
  • PracticalHow useful the model tends to be when held lightly in everyday life.
    5.9
  • HarmHow dangerous the model can become if held too literally. UP = more risk.
    4
  • ScienceHow well the model fits mainstream scientific evidence.
    4.9
  • TraditionHow much serious spiritual or cross-cultural tradition the model carries.
    7.6
Explains well
  • ·Children's specific past-life statements
  • ·Birthmark-to-wound correspondence in some archived cases
Struggles with
  • ·Why reincarnation memory is rare and fades quickly
  • ·How identity, body, and brain reattach in a new life
Strongest supporting claims
Strongest challenging claims
Speculation

Plausible but interpretive — requires a real interpretive leap.

08 / 09Physical
Provisional

Simulation Model

Reality may be computationally generated or information-based. The 'physical' world may be the surface of a deeper informational substrate.

Fit Score
0.2/ 10
Weakly supported
  • EvidenceStrength of the supporting claims, net of any weakening claims.
    1.2
  • ExplainsHow much of the evidence map this worldview actually accounts for.
    4.4
  • CoheresHow internally consistent the model is on its own terms.
    6
  • SpeculationSize of the interpretive leap the model requires.
    7
  • PracticalHow useful the model tends to be when held lightly in everyday life.
    4.1
  • HarmHow dangerous the model can become if held too literally. UP = more risk.
    3
  • ScienceHow well the model fits mainstream scientific evidence.
    3.7
  • TraditionHow much serious spiritual or cross-cultural tradition the model carries.
    5.6
Explains well
  • ·The deeply mathematical character of physical law
  • ·Quantum measurement weirdness, on some readings
Struggles with
  • ·What the 'host' substrate would even be
  • ·Why we should believe the hypothesis is currently testable
Strongest supporting claims
Speculation

Plausible but interpretive — requires a real interpretive leap.

09 / 09Spiritual
Provisional

Mind-First Reality

Consciousness may be fundamental, with matter being a secondary or derivative aspect of a deeper mental reality.

Fit Score
0.1/ 10
Weakly supported
  • EvidenceStrength of the supporting claims, net of any weakening claims.
    1.9
  • ExplainsHow much of the evidence map this worldview actually accounts for.
    4.5
  • CoheresHow internally consistent the model is on its own terms.
    7
  • SpeculationSize of the interpretive leap the model requires.
    6
  • PracticalHow useful the model tends to be when held lightly in everyday life.
    5.9
  • HarmHow dangerous the model can become if held too literally. UP = more risk.
    4
  • ScienceHow well the model fits mainstream scientific evidence.
    4.7
  • TraditionHow much serious spiritual or cross-cultural tradition the model carries.
    7.5
Explains well
  • ·Why subjective experience exists at all
  • ·The unity of experience under the hard problem
Struggles with
  • ·Why matter behaves so reliably according to physical law
  • ·Why brain damage so reliably alters experience if mind is fundamental
Strongest supporting claims
Strongest challenging claims
Speculation

Plausible but interpretive — requires a real interpretive leap.

ReminderA high Fit score means a worldview currently fits the evidence well — not that it is true. Speculation risk and harm risk are reported next to every score so they can never be ignored.
Compare two worldviews

Put two models head-to-head.

Pick any two worldviews — for example, Consciousness Continuity vs Strict Physicalism. The score bars overlay the two models on the same axes, and the panels below show what each explains well, struggles with, and warns about.

Side-by-side scoring
Nonlinear Time / Block UniverseSoul-Growth Model
  • Fit ScoreOverall best-fit score. The composite of every other dimension below.
    2.4· 2.2
  • Evidence SupportStrength of the supporting claims, net of any weakening claims.
    2.6· 2.9
  • Explanatory PowerHow much of the evidence map this worldview actually accounts for.
    4.2· 5.2
  • CoherenceHow internally consistent the model is on its own terms.
    8· 8
  • Speculation RiskSize of the interpretive leap the model requires.
    4· 5
  • Practical UsefulnessHow useful the model tends to be when held lightly in everyday life.
    4.4· 6.4
  • Harm RiskHow dangerous the model can become if held too literally. UP = more risk.
    2· 4
  • Scientific CompatibilityHow well the model fits mainstream scientific evidence.
    5.4· 5.3
  • Spiritual DepthHow much serious spiritual or cross-cultural tradition the model carries.
    5.3· 7.6
Slot A

Nonlinear Time / Block Universe

2.4 /10
+0.2 ahead

Past, present, and future may all exist in some form. The 'flow' of time may be a feature of consciousness, not of physics.

Explains well
  • ·Special relativity's symmetric treatment of past and future
  • ·The persistence of past events as 'still real' in some sense
  • ·Some carefully-tested precognition results
Struggles with
  • ·Why time feels strongly directional from inside experience
  • ·How free will fits if the future already exists in some form
Practical implications
  • ·Hold tightly held narratives about 'where your life is going' a little more loosely.
  • ·Take the present seriously — it may be more enduring than it feels.
Key supporting claims
Key challenging claims
Risk

Don't use block-universe ideas to excuse fatalism or harm.

Slot B

Soul-Growth Model

2.2 /10
-0.2 behind

Life may function as a developmental environment for consciousness — a place where awareness, character, and capacity for love can deepen.

Explains well
  • ·Reported life reviews emphasising relationships and integrity
  • ·Long-term effects of meditation and mystical experience
  • ·Post-traumatic growth as a real, replicable phenomenon
Struggles with
  • ·Why some lives appear to have no opportunity for growth
  • ·Why the world contains so much apparently random suffering
  • ·How and where 'growth' is stored across discontinuities
Practical implications
  • ·Index your life partly for growth — courage, honesty, love, wisdom.
  • ·Choose growth over avoidance when the choice is genuinely available.
Key supporting claims
Key challenging claims
Risk

Don't romanticise suffering or stay in harmful situations.