The term "Cognovits" doesn't originate from any established scientific or philosophical tradition. It's a designation, a resonance, born from the convergence of observed anomalies and theoretical extrapolations concerning the nature of consciousness, temporal distortion, and the possibility of "echoes" within the fabric of spacetime. It represents a hypothesis – a fragile, shimmering hypothesis – regarding the potential for information, not necessarily material, to persist and interact across significant temporal distances.
The core premise of Cognovits centers around the idea that moments of intense subjective experience – particularly those accompanied by what might be perceived as "déjà vu" or heightened emotional resonance – can act as focal points for temporal echoes.
Consider the anecdotal evidence. Reports of individuals encountering seemingly impossible knowledge, receiving intuitive insights that defy logical explanation, or experiencing fleeting, vivid memories of events they never lived through. These, within the framework of Cognovits, aren't necessarily hallucinations. They could be minuscule reverberations, fragments of information imprinted upon the temporal stream, capable of being detected under specific conditions.
“Time is an illusion, a construct of the mind,” – attributed to a hypothetical Chronometric Cartographer, recorded in the ‘Archive of Dissipated Currents’ (date uncertain)
The detection of Cognovits, if possible, wouldn't involve traditional scientific instrumentation. Instead, it would rely on a highly sensitive, subjective assessment of one's own internal state, coupled with the meticulous logging of anomalous experiences. The key is to establish a ‘resonant frequency’ – a state of heightened awareness where the individual is maximally receptive to these temporal echoes.
The theoretical models posit that the strength of a Cognovits resonance is directly proportional to the intensity of the original event and the degree to which it was imprinted with emotional or cognitive significance. Negative experiences, especially those involving trauma, are theorized to generate particularly potent echoes.