Welcome to Alchem Transdisciplinary Lab — A New English Home

A moving object, an equation, a living system, and a new technology can look like separate subjects. Yet studying one often raises questions that belong to another. How do we describe change? What counts as information? Which patterns explain something, and which merely resemble it?

Alchem Transdisciplinary Lab begins with those questions. This is its English edition, written by H.Sol.

Why look across disciplines?

In the original English Prologue, I described a wish to see the universe through more than one intellectual lens. Physics offers models of matter and motion. Mathematics gives us ways to express relationships. Philosophy helps us examine assumptions. The study of life, learning, and technology introduces questions about organization and change.

The reason to bring these perspectives together is not that every subject must have the same answer. It is that a question becomes clearer when we can identify the tools needed to answer it. An analogy can suggest a direction for investigation; a model can make that direction precise; evidence must determine whether the proposal works.

Start with something concrete

A useful explanation should have an entry point. We can begin by watching an object move, asking what we can measure, and deciding which quantities describe the motion. Only then does an equation become meaningful. We can begin a technology article with the problem it addresses, then ask what has actually been demonstrated and what is still a prediction.

Across this blog, the aim is to build that bridge from an ordinary question to a deeper concept. The background is part of the explanation. Definitions, examples, sources, and limits help a reader decide what a claim means.

A research project with visible boundaries

Alchem also develops exploratory frameworks, including ACE, AUT, CFT, and EROS. These should be read as proposals under development. They are not established scientific theories simply because they connect several subjects or use mathematical language.

When discussing them, we need to distinguish an observation from an interpretation and an interpretation from a hypothesis. A proposal becomes stronger when its assumptions are explicit and its claims can be examined. The same discipline applies to explanations of published research and to predictions about future technology.

Why a separate English edition?

The original Tistory blog published both Korean and English articles. As the archive grew, language became another thing readers had to sort through. A separate English home makes the reading path clearer and gives each language version room to develop naturally.

The Korean edition continues on Tistory. Existing English articles remain in that archive, and this edition can refer to them while preparing revised English explanations. The two sites belong to the same project, with a shared research foundation and separate reading experiences.

Where to begin

Look for the About page and the reading guide in the site navigation. The guide introduces several ways into the project and links to the original English Prologue, reading guide, and AUT v2.0 overview.

You do not need to accept a grand framework before reading. Begin with one question. Follow the explanation, examine the evidence, and keep track of what remains open.

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Editorial note: This opening essay adapts the motivation of “Prologue — Why I Choose to See the Universe Anew”, originally published on Tistory on December 7, 2025. It updates the introduction and language policy for this separate English edition.