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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING FILE IS LEVEL 4/9965 CLASSIFIED

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ANY ATTEMPT TO ACCESS THIS FILE WITHOUT LEVEL 4/9965 AUTHORIZATION WILL BE LOGGED AND WILL LEAD TO IMMEDIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

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Item#: 9965

Level4

Containment Class:

euclid

Secondary Class:

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Disruption Class:

vlam

Risk Class:

critical

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Special Containment Procedures:

SCP-9965 is not currently contained, as the risk associated with containing the anomaly is large. Upon successful containment of SCP-9965, the host website is to be shut down and all files transferred to a hard drive for further analysis. Individuals affected by SCP-9965 are to undergo treatment with Class-B amnestic, and are subject to a period of isolation no less than 60 days. During this isolation period, the subject must undergo re-education in the following subjects, relative to their prior knowledge: Linguistics, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Politics, History, and Chemistry. Subjects are to be granted full accommodations but should not be permitted access to the internet until their isolation period is over, after which they will be subject to a test in all of the previously taught materials. If the subject continues to demonstrate a significant lack of reasoning skills, authorization is granted for the individual to be used as Class-D Personnel.

Description:

SCP-9965 is a collection of information stored within a Discord Server known as "Exoplanets." The material contained within is known to exhibit memetic properties capable of interfering with and infecting the intelligence of unwitting humans. It spreads via the use of human Proxies, who propagate and replicate new material, which is then spread. Infected individuals, known as SCP-9965-1 possess similar traits to that of people on the low end of the Dunning-Kruger Scale. Often bordering on narcissistic, instances of SCP-9965-1 exhibit high levels of self-confidence in their intelligence, and will show aggression to anyone who challenges their perception. They also demonstrate increased aggression towards other instances. This aggression, however, has only been documented via online channels. While instances of SCP-9965-1 do show hostility in person, it appears only via verbal, or text-based methods. SCP-9965 and instances of SCP-9965-1 are able to infect individuals by "teaching" uninfected what they know. Similar to that of the logic of Anti-Vaxxers, they provide flawed evidence that allows them to prove that they are in fact correct. This creates a bias in the previously uninfected individual and is the first stage of infection. The second stage of infection begins when the recently infected individual is invited to join the server's collaborative writing project. Instances of SCP-9965-1 instruct individuals to create new material, which is then used in the group's "roleplay environment." During recent research using Class-D Personnel, instances of SCP-9965-1 demonstrate an extreme willingness to "help" the individuals, believing truly that they are, in fact, educating the subject. This appears to be how the material replicates itself so quickly. After the second phase of infection is complete, the subject is encouraged to spread this newly formed material via "text-based-roleplay." It is during this third phase that most individuals are converted fully to instances of SCP-9965-1. Instances of SCP-9965-1 become increasingly less intelligent, while also becoming increasingly more confident and defensive of their presumed intelligence.

ADDENDUM 9965-A-1

It is of not that individuals with an above-average understanding of history, politics, and reality-based sciences prove to be more resistant to the effects of SCP-9965 and instances of SCP-9965-1. They have proven effective at repelling infected individuals. Recommend that this possibly be used as a containment method in the future.

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