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The Foundation realizes that the universe they are in has a lot of properties that ensure the public doesn't know about anomalies somehow and that they probably would've messed up their mission a long time ago if they weren't so lucky.

Yes! Correct! SCP-4006 is the concept of the thin line between the anomalous vs the non-anomalous / normalcy otherwise knows as the veil or in broad terms keeping the people from knowing the anomalous world

Still hoping on SCP 4231 but I do love the existence or nonexistence of Massachusetts. Its an interesting way to show how the Foundation hides most of its secrets instead of just thousands of high security black sites all over the globe. A probability anomaly that puts the entire landmass just a bit out of sync with the rest of reality.

speaking of probability anomalies, let’s get him to see SCP-7000

schrödinger's cat paradox is what i got from this one🤔

EXTRA EXPLANATION OF SCP-4006 The Containment / Object / Esoteric Class Thaumiel, means either the Foundation uses it to contain other anomalies or it's useful for the SCP Foundation operation or useful / benefical for humanity, the earth etc... Special Containment Procedures: No concrete containment procedures are necessary. Actions taken in regards to SCP-4006 should follow standard protocol of maintaining the veil (Protocol MtV-4006). There are also no containment procedures being done. Well, there is one requirement. Anything done in relation to SCP-4006 be done in accordance of “maintaining the veil”. But what is “the veil”? Simply put, it’s the metaphorical curtain that separates the anomalous world from the nonanomalous world. The Foundation seeks to preserve normalcy, to keep the anomalous from the nonanomalous, so “maintaining the veil” is, in essence, the Foundation’s mission statement. So really the containment procedures are “Don’t do anything that would potentially destroy the veil”. But why is that the only procedure? Let’s remember “Protocol MtV-4006”, as it comes up later, and take note that facades and veils are major themes of this article. Let’s take careful note of the wording here: "SCP-4006 is a probabilistic anomaly affecting the state of Massachusetts, USA. SCP-4006 works to perpetuate the idea that Massachusetts is a populated state with a government, infrastructure, economy, various population centers, et cetera. Due to this, the true nature of Massachusetts is entirely unknown to the public;" SCP-4006 is a massive set of pre-existing and ongoings coincidences which make the public believe that Massachusetts is occupied and developed, despite humans never having set foot upon Massachusetts. This includes having everything from and within “Massachusetts”, including people (designated SCP-4006-A), cities, and landmarks, to actually be in other states like Rhode Island or Connecticut, and having citizens of those states never conflict with “Massachusettsans”. The fact that Massachusetts is human repellant isn’t the anomaly here, the anomaly is everything that’s hiding that fact. Essentially, SCP-4006 is a naturally occuring “veil” that separates the true nature of Massachusetts from the normal public perception of Massachusetts. This explains why the containment procedures are so lax, SCP-4006 is effectively a containment procedure in it of itself, just not Foundation mandated. Why, then, is “maintaining the veil” still part of the containment procedures? This next line explains it: "Why several SCP Foundation researchers were immune to the effects of SCP-4006 and were able to discover it (and subsequently spread the information to others) is unclear." This is followed by a long history of SCP-4006, but this is what’s important. Somehow, the Foundation became in on the “secret”. Keep in mind that, throughout all of human history, SCP-4006 and whatever anomaly is actually affecting Massachusetts has been infallible. This either means a) SCP-4006 actually is fallible very rarely, or b) SCP-4006 allowed the Foundation in purposely. If it is purposely letting the Foundation encounter it, then is it sentient, and how and why is the Foundation the only organization to be let in? Let’s see if anything answers our questions. This is where Protocol MtV-4006 comes back in, so let’s see what it says. "Do not assume that SCP-4006 will keep activity secret. Continue to take all necessary precautions to maintain the veil, in the event that SCP-4006 fails to censor all information about the true nature of Massachusetts." It appears the Foundation has chosen our option A, which is a fitting choice seeing as they’d like to remain cautious. Still, they decide to take advantage of SCP-4006 and make Massachusetts a center for Foundation activity. So, what do they do to maintain the veil even more than SCP-4006 already does? "Setting up sites at the locations of several supposed cities (Boston, Springfield, etc.) and making the sites appear to satellites like normal buildings. Having roads between sites mimic the publicly agreed upon road maps of Massachusetts (for example, the Sites between Springfield and Boston use a connecting road that is technically a continuation of Hwy 90). Wearing mostly civilian style clothing while wandering outside of Sites." The Foundation is effectively creating Massachusetts to make sure that, if SCP-4006 fails, the public still won’t know it ever happened. They’re creating a facade within a facade, a veil within a veil, once again harkening back to those specific themes. As the article continues on, the two developments of Massachusetts become more and more realized, with Massachusetts being the Foundation’s primary home to sites, skips, and personnel galore, while it also begins to look more and more like Massachusetts: "An airport has been created by Site-4006, in mimicry of the supposed Logan International Airport, where private Foundation airplanes (disguised as commercial flights) may make easier commute to and from Massachusetts. Plans to create airports in several other locations in Massachusetts have been drafted. Infrastructure, mimicking real cities, has been implemented to create easy living for those within Massachusetts. All "businesses" have been placed in locations mimicking online maps of the cities. A more complex roadway system across Massachusetts to make for easier commute between Sites and testing locations." By addendum 2, the Foundation has wholly created Massachusetts from what the public believe it to look like, and it remains the highest concentration of Foundation activity, but there’s a new development! "Commercial flights have now been seen flying over Massachusetts, and several civilian cars have passed through Massachusetts at various times. In light of this, classified Foundation activities have been further suppressed and Protocol MtV-4006 has taken even higher precedence." After Massachusetts became what it should be from public understanding, SCP-4006 is beginning to fail much more, and the Foundation-created veil drapes over Foundation activity in Massachusetts even more than it already has. It seems that, the more unnecessary SCP-4006 becomes, the less present it is. The anomaly is that no one can set foot in Massachusetts, and SCP-4006 is the veil to that. Now that the Foundation, the only ones who can peek behind the veil, have neutralized any reason people would believe Massachusetts isn’t developed and occupied, the veil becomes more transparent. SCP-4006 is actively changing in response to new developments, allowing people to come in, which brings us back to the humor that SCP-4006 may be a semi-sentient being. Let’s look at the final addendum. "In 2023 it has been found that fewer than 20 people believing themselves to be in Massachusetts exist outside of the state of Massachusetts, and that those that do are not under the effects of a probabilistic anomaly such as SCP-4006." Part 1

To put it into very simple terms what SCP-4006 is about is that there is a proposed supernatural phenomenon, nicknamed "The Veil" that is holding a finger on the scale of probability in the favor of the Foundation specifically and humanity in general. The proof that it exists is overwhelming, but in case it doesn't the consequences for taking it for granted could be disastrous. Therefor the 05 Council has decided that to keep the most obvious proof of The Veil's existence hidden in plain sight by keeping SCP-4006 on the books as an active Thaumiel class anomaly instead of redesignating it, despite its effects no longer being observable.

So basically, the 05 locked 4006 article is the fact that the foundation is ridiculously lucky when it comes to maintaining the secrecy of the supernatural.

The concept of keeping the anomalous from the public became its own anomaly? Is this a commentary on how they live in a fictional universe where the authors make all kinds of crazy stuff happen with occasional slip ups and the public never finds out in universe?

Well, Thaumiels are meant to be kinda rare.

Schrodinger's State... XD i got nothing!

Keep up the great videos and can we watch more space maids pretty please

Seems legit.

Does that mean in broken masquerade Massachusetts no longer exists 🤔

I think be funnier if the state of New Jersey was the one that was made up. As it seems that most people on the East Coast forget that state exists, lol. But, Massachusetts being picked is just as good. All because of its importance to the events that created the United States of America.

OK I’m still trying to understand but is some parts SCP 4006 abandon? Are there residents in it? If so, how many? Sorry for the confusion this this one is a Head Turner I’m thinking about making a story but I’m gonna have to keep reading about it over and over to get it right

Massachusetts doesn't exist, got it.