# LP 085 - The Ontology of Encounters

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Podcast: [ExoAcademian](https://stenobird.com/podcast/exoacademian-2390444)
Published: 2026-03-29T00:00:01+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of Liminal Phrames, Darren/Exo and Nathan dig into the ontological status of "beings" in contact reports. Persistent agents, symbolic projections, or dynamically instantiated interfaces—what are we actually encountering?

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