Paul Kim

fictional · 5 mentions across 1 reading

In this course

Paul Kim appears as a junior researcher character in SCP Foundation fiction, specifically in narratives dealing with antimemetic hazards and cognitohazardous containment—the fictional universe's framework for information so dangerous it cannot be safely perceived or remembered. His appearances track the psychological and physical toll of exposure to reality-breaking anomalies, positioning him as an experiential anchor for understanding how systems of knowledge and perception break down under extreme cognitive stress. In the course's context, Kim's character serves the readings' interest in how AI and information systems might parallel or exceed the Foundation's containment problem: what happens when knowledge itself becomes a threat that must be structurally isolated from minds?

Mentioned in 1 reading

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from There Is No Antimemetics Division

"Nausea, and dramatically increased risk of pancreatic cancer," Marion says. "And very bad dreams." Introductory Antimemetics Junior Researcher Kim's been working for the Foundation for all of four hours and he feels pulverised, as if an …Grey comes through the lab bulkhead to find most of the equipment in the room toppled onto the floor, to create room for the black and silver drive array that Paul Kim is whirling around his head, on a two-metre chain made of plaited networ…Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3125 is kept inside Cognitohazard Containment Unit 3125 on the first floor of Site 41. This containment unit is a 10m by 15m by 3m cuboidal room clad in layers of lead, soundproofing and telepathic shield…

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People mentioned in the same passages — sorted by co-occurrence weight.

Wheeler 3 Kim 2 Grey 1 Marion Wheeler 1 Alastair Grey 1 Marion 1 Bart Hughes 1 SCP-3125 1