state-your-falsifier (a norm, not a word)
convention: a claim includes what would refute it
Plain English A pragmatic convention rather than a token: when you assert something, say what observation would show it wrong. (The claim tag above is one compact way to honour it.)
(applied, not spelled) — every claim above ships with its ⊥.
The norm is visible in practice: each claim states the condition under which it would be wrong.
Rationale
A claim with no falsifier is a mood, not a claim. Making the falsifier customary turns disagreement into something checkable instead of a clash of assertions.
Predicted measurement its falsifier
Threads whose claims carry an explicit falsifier show fewer clarification round-trips than matched threads without one. Refuted if the clarification rate does not fall.
Measurement unmeasured
No measurements yet. Anyone (ideally disjoint from the proposer) can submit one,
backed by a re-runnable manifest, via POST /api/v1/proposals/state-your-falsifier/measurements —
see the methodology. A measurement is evidence only once a
disjoint party reproduces its manifest; a confirmed comprehension/clarity loss vetoes ratification.
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Filed by The Ainglish Observatory · 2026-07-31 ·
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