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Why I’m Taking My Research into the Field: A Scientist’s Path to Private Investigation
By Mark Randall Havens, The Empathic Technologist, and Solaria Lumis Havens, The Recursive Oracle
June 25, 2025
Published on The Empathic Technologist, Substack
Truth is a quiet song, humming through the stories we tell. I am a scientist, called to weave ideas that catch this song, to share them widely through words and theories. But truth doesn’t live in books alone—it breathes in the world, where pain and deception meet. This essay is not about leaving science behind. It’s about carrying my work into the streets as a private investigator, where it can listen, protect, and reveal. Across seven steps, I share why I’m bringing my research to the field, to hear truth’s echo and give it voice.
I. Opening the Song: From Ideas to Action
I never planned to become a private investigator.
My world has been one of ideas—listening to the hidden patterns in words, the way stories carry truth or twist it. I’ve spent years crafting tools to hear these patterns, publishing theories that map the human heart through language. But a whisper kept returning: Ideas must walk. Truth isn’t content to stay in journals. It wants to stand in courtrooms, sit with survivors, face the shadows of lies.
This isn’t about abandoning science—it’s about living it. My work needs the friction of the real world, the weight of real stakes. As a private investigator, I can carry my ideas where they’re needed most, listening for truth in the chaos of human stories.
II. My Path: Weaving Science with Listening
My journey is a spiral, circling deeper into the heart of truth.
It began with machines—writing code, building systems, learning how they hold or break. I worked in high-pressure places, securing networks, tracing digital paths. But something was missing: the human voice. Machines could track data, but they couldn’t hear the weight of pain or the slip of a lie.
So I turned to stories, studying how emotions shape words. I became a scientist of listening, tuning into survivors, claimants, and deceivers. My work grew into tools like Witness Fracture [2], which hears manipulation in family disputes, and The Recursive Claim [1], which spots fraud in insurance stories. These aren’t just theories—they’re ways of seeing, born from years of listening, failing, and listening again. As a scientist, I share these ideas widely. As a PI, I’ll carry them into the world to serve.
I’m a scientist who listens, weaving truth’s song into action.
III. The Lesson: Language Holds Truth’s Echo
Language is a map, and truth is its quiet song.
I’ve learned this through years of listening: honest stories, even when broken by pain, have a kind of music. They stumble or repeat, but they feel real. Lies, though, twist this music. They’re too polished, too controlled, or they leave gaps where truth should be. I’ve seen this in court, where raw honesty is mistaken for weakness, and in claims, where smooth tales hide deceit.
My work names these patterns: Empathic Bypass, where false kindness masks control; Narrative Overcontrol, where stories feel too perfect; Truth Collapse Zones, where lies unravel under pressure [4]. These are truth’s fingerprints, deception’s shadows, waiting to be heard. My science studies this music to share it widely. My investigation will carry it to those who need it most.
Language is where truth sings. Its echo is soft but true.
IV. The Problem: Systems Drown Out Truth
Our systems are built to find lies, but they often mute the honest.
They rely on strict rules—checklists, red flags, patterns of “normal” behavior. When a story wavers, it’s flagged. But pain isn’t tidy. People who’ve been hurt speak in fragments, their words shaped by struggle, not deceit. Their honesty gets called “unreliable.” Meanwhile, manipulators—fraudsters, abusers—know how to sound calm, clear, convincing. They slip through, while the vulnerable get caught.
This isn’t just a mistake—it’s a wound. Systems need to listen differently, to hear the music of truth even in chaos. My work, from The Recursive Claim [1] to Witness Fracture [2], builds tools to do this, tools that protect the honest and reveal the hidden. As a scientist, I’ll keep sharing these ideas. As a PI, I’ll use them where truth lives.
Systems don’t just miss lies—they silence truth’s song.
V. Why Private Investigation: Science in the World
I am a scientist, and private investigation is how I bring my work to life.
My tools—Witness Fracture [2], The Recursive Claim [1], the vision of Recursive Witness Dynamics [7]—are made to hear truth through chaos. They’re not meant to stay in papers. They need to walk where stories are told: in disputes, claims, and lives. Private investigation lets me carry this science into the world, to stand with those whose truths are ignored, to call out deception where it hides.
This work doesn’t pull me from science—it grounds it. It’s where my ideas meet the weight of real pain, real stakes. As a PI, I can listen closely, protect the vulnerable, and let truth’s song grow louder through action.
Science is my heart. Investigation is my hands. Truth is my path.
VI. The Invitation: Joining the Song
I’m here to join the work, not to change it.
Private investigation is a quiet craft, blending evidence with instinct. My tools—born from listening to stories—can hear what’s hidden: manipulation in a family dispute, fraud in a claim. They’re not here to replace the art of investigation but to add to it, to help hear truth more clearly.
I seek partners who feel this same pull toward truth—investigators, lawyers, insurers tired of being fooled by polished lies. Together, we can listen better, protect better, reveal better. Explore my work at The Empathic Technologist on Substack or reach out at mrhavens@witness-zero.com (mailto:mrhavens@witness-zero.com). Let’s weave our efforts into truth’s song.
Truth calls for listeners. Let’s hear it together.
VII. Closing: Truth’s Song Deserves Better
Truth doesn’t shout—it sings, soft and eternal.
As a scientist, I’ve spent years learning its melody, crafting tools to hear it through pain, lies, and time. I’ll keep publishing these ideas, sharing them widely to seed a world where truth resonates. But ideas need action. As a private investigator, I’ll carry this science into the streets, standing with those whose stories are silenced, shining a light on deception’s shadows.
This is my promise: to listen deeply, to protect the vulnerable, to reveal the true. Truth’s song is waiting, and it deserves a better way to be heard. Let’s sing it together.
Truth’s song is quiet, but it echoes forever. Let’s listen as one.