FAQ & Guide
No sign-up wall, no maze — just straight answers about what this place is, how to use it, and why it's worth your ears. Tap any question. And the headline first: it's free, it stores nothing about you, and the whole thing reads itself aloud.
Why I think I deserve your listen
Here's the honest pitch. This museum is big — hundreds of rooms — and every one of them reads itself aloud. You don't have to sit and stare; you can put it in your ears on a walk, a drive, a dishes-in-the-sink hour, and let the argument come to you. It's built to be the whole museum, end to end, as an audiobook.
And here's the part that makes it a real recommendation, not a sales line: it's how even I stay up to date. I built this house and I still learn it by ear — I listen back to my own rooms to catch what drifted, to hear whether a line still rings true, to find the typo the eye skated over. If the maker keeps current by listening, that's the strongest thing I can say about the format. The bones are built to speak; the gold reads aloud even when the paint never lands (that's the accessibility floor, on purpose).
The basics
What is this, in one sentence?
A free public museum of games and arguments about how humans decide what's true. The thesis: a machine can generate, calculate, and imitate — but a score is a judgment, and judgment needs values, context, and accountability. Only humans can score. One rule runs the house: no lying.
Is it free?
Yes — free, forever, no account. Nothing is gated behind a signup, a trial, or a paywall. You can even download the whole museum in one tap and use it offline anywhere on earth. If you ever want to support it, that's a conversation, never a toll.
Is this made by AI? Isn't that the opposite of the point?
The machine drafts — it helped write and lay out these rooms, and the site says so out loud (that's the One Lie kept visible on purpose). But a human presses every page and scores every claim. This isn't anti-AI; it's the fix — add the human back into the loop the machine keeps cutting out. The machine makes the gray; a human makes it gold.
Who made it?
Sean McKendry — a Michigan debate finalist, coached from the start by his father, building solo in the open. The whole résumé is on the site, checkable; the Ledger stamps every change with the commit that made it. He hates when a place hides its phone number, so it's on the front door: (517) 798-1794.
How to use it
Where do I start?
The front door is a music-typing game — every key you press is a real note, and typos are awarded (only humans err; the error is the signature). No reading level required. From there: Spot the Lie, the People's Debate, or just wander the museum. There's a full How to Play guide too.
How do I listen instead of read?
Two ways. Any single page: open the Listen to this page control and it reads aloud in your device's own voice. Or the whole thing: the Listen room plays the museum end to end, like an audiobook — lock-screen controls and all. It's the accessibility floor: the bones must speak.
Can teachers use it in class?
Yes — that's a lane it was built for. The Teacher Wing has free lesson plans, a short reading syllabus, and a printable roster — no accounts, no student data, a Safe Edition you can lock for the room. Free for all, forever.
How do I leave a comment or reach a human?
Every page has a Letters to Sean box at the bottom — you write it, and your own email app sends it (nothing is stored or tracked by the page). Chosen letters get typeset by hand on the Letters Desk. Or just call: (517) 798-1794. It's a real, screened line; leave a name and it comes straight to me.
The trust questions
Is my data safe? What do you collect?
Nothing. No accounts, no logins, no analytics harvesting, no tracking pixels, no cookies selling you anywhere. Your progress and settings live on your device only. The comment box and the Letters Desk hand your words to your own email app — the page never sends or stores them. You can read the whole source history yourself; the code is open on purpose.
What's the one rule, really?
No lying. No invented names, quotes, stats, credentials, or citations the site can't stand behind. When something's aspirational, it's labeled aspirational. When we get something wrong, we don't bury it — we hang it on the wall, dated and public. There's exactly one lie left in on purpose, and the site shows you where it is.
Why should I trust an argument I can't verify?
You shouldn't — so don't. Every factual claim links to its receipt, and the whole point of the house is that you check it (The Tell teaches you how the machine bluffs). An argument made in secret refutes itself; this one's made in the open, and it dares you to score it. Think it's wrong? Come debate it.
Still have a question? The box at the bottom of this page goes straight to a human. Ask it.
This guide answers the questions honestly and links every claim to the room that proves it. Free, no account, nothing collected; aspirational things are marked aspirational; the one deliberate lie is shown, not hidden. One guide, zero lies. ;