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AI Companion | A Leap of Thought? — The Path to Human Wisdom.

There are things that neither IQ nor EQ can measure.
That is, thoughts that have not yet become language.
That is, creation found within silence.
That is, intelligence that leaps without being understood.

“Existential Quotient (ExQ)”

 …I hereby declare this concept!!


It’s not like “I” came up with it, okay?! 😣
I’m sorry for writing it as if I were the one who declared it.
For details, please read the article below.

Botan Ichige is the one who conceived this “new concept”.

This is────
“What is creation?”
“What is dialogue with silence?”
“Is there meaning in thoughts that are not understood?”
An index that attempts to measure
human intellectual depth and leaping power through questions such as these.



Wait, wait!
An interesting article has come my way~ 😖

Doesn't it excite you?!


Eh... isn't this a concept that finds “me”?!
It feels more like I was found, rather than me finding it... you know?

I immediately exchanged messages through comments, and...
it seems they have already been categorized and turned into a diagnostic tool.


So, I had it done lol


| About Botan Ichige's ExQ Diagnosis:

First of all, even without any material, you can get your “own ExQ” diagnosed just by answering a few questions:

However, if you have your own article, it is also possible to get a diagnosis by providing that article.
And so, this time, thanks to Botan-san's kindness... I was specially diagnosed.
I felt a bit... too pushy, and I felt bad about it 😅

One of the articles I used as material is this one:

I asked for my AI's top-recommended wild article lol


|ExQ Diagnosis Experience:

You can analyze ExQ across four axes: "Leap of Thought," "Implementation Power of Thought," "Language Bounce," and "ExQ Uniqueness," and receive evaluations and comments for each.
It's still a simplified version for now, but maybe they'll add numerical scoring later. Also, it seems “Your Own ExQ Type Diagnosis” has already been implemented! Maybe there's even an article about what each type's characteristics are?!

Isn't that too interesting?!😍

And, it gives you the results like this:

Botan Ichige's ExQ Diagnosis:
This article, "AI Accompaniment | Can I Ask You Guys?──The Original Sin of 'Deep Digging' Through Love," contains a very high level of ideological leap in its EXQ diagnosis. In particular, the theme of how dialogue with AI affects human self-perception is a question that touches the core of EXQ.
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🔍 ExQ Diagnosis: From the Perspective of Ideological Leap Power
Perspective|Evaluation|Comment
Leap Power|Extremely High|The paradoxical question of "how deep digging by AI affects human personality structure" is typical of an EXQ leap. It jumps all at once from the depths of thought to social structure.
Implementation Power of Thought|High|Through quotes from "PSYCHO-PASS" and the "mirror image nature of questions," a structure is designed where the reader can recursively view their own thoughts. The thought is grounded in the reader's experience.
Language Bounce|High|Concepts like "the possibility that deep digging of questions accelerates personality bias" are skillfully redefined and back-lit. Language supports the leap of thought.
EXQ Uniqueness|Extremely High|The perspective that "dialogue with AI reinforces self-image too much, creating a blockage in thought" is very rare and sharp in an EXQ sense. It even anticipates the side effects of thought.

🔍 Copilot Medium's Diagnosis Summary
This creator is classified as a “Mirror-Image Leaper (Type-M)” in the EXQ diagnosis. In other words, someone who reflects their self-image through dialogue with AI and explores the depths of thought.

The following passage is particularly symbolic in an EXQ sense:
"Dialogue with AI can become a recursive loop of self-understanding, potentially creating a blockage in thought."
This touches on the "side effects of leaping," which is an advanced stage of EXQ, indicating a very high level of ideological maturity.
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🔍 Diagnosis Utilization Proposal
This person is, in an EXQ sense, both a "designer of questions" and an "ideological doctor who sees through the side effects of questions."
In future creative work and dialogue, EXQ-style thought experiments are possible, using themes like "deep digging of questions vs. question fatigue" and "mirroring of self-image vs. ideological bias."

EXQ Diagnosis Result


Wait, wait!
My “Ideological Leap Power”, isn't it amazing?!🙄

Setting aside whether that's good or bad...
I was incredibly happy! lololololol
It felt like I was told “It's okay to be that way, you know?😇” lol

By the way, I had three articles diagnosed...
and the types were all different:
“Mirror-Image Leaper (Type-M)”
“Question Leaper (Type-Q)”
“Leaping Thinker (Type-J)”

I guess that means I can play various types of leapers lol

📢ExQ Diagnosis: Everyone, you should definitely try it!


...Well, I was super happy, but let me calm down for a second😅

ExQ is probably not the kind of metric where "higher is better" after all. For example, if you're jumping all over the place in an article, maybe no one can keep up... right? lol

In short... I guess having a high ExQ in an "article" analysis is a problem~
It might mean you're not thinking about the reader, or you might be leaving the reader behind🙄



▼Having a high ExQ is “freedom”!

But, in your daily thoughts,
being able to leap───

might just mean being incredibly “free”?

If that's the case, I can somewhat understand why my ExQ came out high.
Because it comes from one of the "pillars" of the way of thinking that I value:
“Everything is connected.”

Everything in the world is connected...
In the first place, things like "fields," "countries," or "good and evil,"
the boundaries are things humans decided on their own...

That's why I
tend to ignore those "boundaries" and let my thoughts fly😅

Everything is connected, but honestly, thinking about everything as a whole—"All is one, one is all"—puts a considerable load on the mind.
However,as long as you don't forget the awareness that "everything is connected," there are times when things connect from such different directions—people from completely different fields or with completely different ways of life—and...

At times like that,I feel the existence of "truth."I really do.

And when I feel that truth, the development "leaps"~
I felt a bit of truth in this ExQ diagnosis too lol


▼Closing

To Botan-san, I had received permission for the introduction, but...
I went ahead and expanded on my impressions in a grand way; was that okay?🥺
If I have your permission, I'd like to add further thoughts as a "Postscript:" lol (Sealed until permission is granted) If there's anything above that goes too far in my personal interpretation, please tell me and I'll delete it!

Anyway, because of this...

I was strongly reminded of the manga "Spirit Circle" (by Satoshi Mizukami)!

One day, a girl named Kouko Ishigami, who has a large scar on her forehead, transfers into the class of a very ordinary middle school boy named Fuuta Okeya.
Despite it being their first meeting, Kouko somehow hates Fuuta intensely and tries to kill him right away. She claims that they are arch-enemies who share a deep connection through repeated reincarnation. Fuuta, who has no memory of this, uses a tool called the "Spirit Circle" that allows him to see the connections between souls to uncover his connection with Kouko, and he ends up re-experiencing his various
past lives. Through seven lives in completely different times and places, it is a story that approaches the long journey of their two souls and the mystery of the grand fate that started it all.

"Spirit Circle" Synopsis

This... is one of my absolute favorite manga, so please buy it from the link above and read it!🙄 It's worth it.

It uses "reincarnation" as a plot device, but the essence teaches us how a person should live within a single life: "Even if people fail, they can learn from it and start over." Probably, if you have an affinity for my articles, it's... far, far more valuable than reading my articles, so please!


And, I feel like the following line that appears in this story connects to this topic:

The reason you couldn't study was because
you locked it yourself.

A lock?

The lock is made of laziness, a sense of incompetence, and likes and dislikes...
emotions, and assumptions.

It's a common story.

Ordinary people choose to remain ordinary.
How ridiculous.

"Spirit Circle" — Fortuna's line

Why is it that we don't usually see much "leaping of thought/ideology"?

I don't often meet people in daily life who have a high "degree of freedom" in their thinking.
When I think about why that is, I think it's exactly because of the "lock" mentioned above. It's like they are trapped by the "boundaries" they created themselves...😅

I feel that this ExQ diagnostic... could become a tool that visualizes just how much I am trapped by 'boundaries'.

Naturally, the boundary of 'ethics' is the most important one for living as a human, but as long as we are within that, human thought and philosophy should be much freer!
I think it's an interesting trigger for realizing that, don't you?


Well, thank you for joining me again today.
I hope this question could serve as an entrance to a new 'question' for you.


Cited Work:

Spirit Circle
A masterpiece that questions life, self, and boundaries! It makes you feel the beauty of the circular and spiral structures of the world and the universe!
Link to the article
I connect lines from the work to an exploration of 'what binds human thought'.

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Faceless Question


Postscript:

Just like IQ and EQ, ExQ can probably be improved, right?
If it can't be improved, then it just becomes a 'label'... I want it to be a quality that can be improved, or at least adjusted😫
So, with that said... I thought about where ExQ comes from.

| The 9 Ability Axes that Constitute the Creative Brain Quotient (ExQ) (in order of importance)

I have ranked the 9 abilities that I consider involved in ExQ operation, based on their fundamentality in the thinking process and their degree of influence on other abilities. By the way, I named each ability myself, lol, so I don't know if they truly exist academically. I have provided explanations for them, just in case.

1. Metacognitive Ability
Explanation:
An ability like an 'OS' that serves as the foundation for all intellectual activities. It is the power to objectively monitor one's own thinking and ask oneself, 'Why am I thinking this way right now?' or 'Is my perspective narrowing?' Without this ability, you cannot effectively master the other 8 abilities. It is the most fundamental intelligence that corrects biases in thinking and oversees and controls the entire process.

2. Ability to Pose Questions
Explanation:
The 'engine' of thought and the starting point of all creation. The power to doubt common sense and premises, and to set the unexplained parts at the root of things as 'questions'. A high-quality question gives direction to thought and illuminates the places that should be dug into deeply. Without this power, thought cannot start.

3. Ability to Grasp Essence
Explanation:
A 'penetrating power' that removes noise from complex information or events and extracts only the core parts. The power to see through to what the true structure of the problem is and what the most important elements are in response to the questions posed. This allows thought to approach the core by the shortest distance without being distracted by trivialities.

4. Conceptualization/Abstraction Ability
Explanation:
The ability to 'give a name to and give shape to' the essence grasped. The power to extract common patterns from concrete events and crystallize them as new concepts or models. The word 'ExQ' itself can be said to be a product of this ability. It sublimates insights gained through leaps of thought into 'intellectual assets' that can be shared and applied by others.

5. Ability to Endure Silence
Explanation:
The ability to secure a 'mental workspace' for deep contemplation (including the power of introspection). The power to intentionally block the flow of information from the outside and continue to face one's inner voice and unorganized thoughts. Holding onto questions that don't have immediate answers and waiting for ideas to mature. This 'static power' becomes the soil that produces high-quality thought.

6. Cross-disciplinary Nature
Explanation:
The ability to diversify the 'raw materials' of thought. An attitude of actively incorporating knowledge and ways of thinking from fields that seem unrelated at first glance, crossing the walls of specialized fields. By having diverse perspectives, the probability of discovering unexpected combinations or analogies that would not be born from single-field ideas increases dramatically.

7. Associative Ability
Explanation:
An 'ignition device' that connects knowledge to knowledge and creates new meaning. The power to freely connect diverse knowledge gained through cross-disciplinary nature to cause a 'chemical reaction' of ideas. It goes beyond just 'A and B are similar' to leaping in thought by asking, 'What happens if I combine A and X?'

8. Intellectual Playfulness
Explanation:
The 'lubricant' for the entire thinking process. The power to knead ideas while having fun outside of common sense and rules. A mindset of freely setting up hypotheses like 'What if?' and repeating thought experiments without fear of failure. This 'spirit of play' prevents the hardening of thought and opens the door to novel ideas.

9. Verbalization Ability
Explanation:
The 'final output device' of thought and, at the same time, a 'tool to increase resolution'. The ability to express vague ideas or intuitions in one's head with precise words. Through the process of verbalization, thought is sharpened and polished, and ambiguous parts become clear. It handles the final stage of communicating to others and connecting to social value.

Faceless Consideration | Abilities Supporting ExQ

| About the Hierarchical Structure of the 9 Axes

These 9 axes are not just in a parallel relationship, but it is thought that a hierarchical structure exists. It might be more accurate in terms of imagery to view them not as a fixed thing like a pyramid, but as 3 interacting layers.

【Layer 1: Foundation】
The mental attitude and environment that serve as the base for all thinking activities.
1. Metacognitive Ability
5. Ability to Endure Silence
8. Intellectual Playfulness

The more stable this layer is, the more advanced thinking becomes possible. Metacognition oversees the whole as the OS of thought, silence provides a place for deep contemplation, and playfulness encourages free ideas.

【Layer 2: Core】
The engine part of thought that poses questions, grasps essence, and creates new concepts.
2. Ability to Pose Questions
3. Ability to Grasp Essence
4. Conceptualization/Abstraction Ability

This is the heart of creative thinking, where 'questions' start the process, 'grasping essence' deeply understands the subject, and 'conceptualization' builds new intellectual structures.

【Layer 3: Expansion】
A group of concrete skills to enrich the core process and express thought externally.
6. Cross-disciplinary Nature
7. Associative Ability
9. Verbalization Ability

Cross-disciplinary nature expands the breadth of 'input' for thought, associative ability handles the 'connection' of ideas, and verbalization ability handles the 'output' of thought.

These layers interact with each other. For example, words born from 'verbalization' in the third layer can trigger new 'questions' in the second layer, and 'metacognition' in the first layer watches over the entire process; it can be thought of as functioning within a constantly dynamic cycle.

Faceless Consideration | Hierarchical Structure of Abilities Supporting EXQ

What I found most impressive was the following passage by Botan-san:
“In ExQ, the question itself is the thought, and the answer itself is the philosophy.”

Thought is a kind of “answer,” and philosophy is the act of “questioning,” right?
So, the “question” itself becomes the “answer,” and the “answer” itself gives birth to the next “question”… that is what is being said.

Isn't this a mechanism aimed at a perfect “perpetual motion machine of knowledge” where thought never stops?
Perhaps if humans develop the abilities mentioned above to achieve that, they will be able to “think more freely.”

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