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Evidence Policy

Evidence Policy

  • Important claims must cite evidence IDs where evidence records exist.
  • Distinguish primary evidence from summaries and commentary.
  • Record counterexamples and conflicting evidence.
  • Never convert an inference into an observation.
  • Record uncertainty explicitly.
  • Preserve source location, retrieval date, and provenance.
  • Prefer original research, standards, official documentation, raw data, and direct records over derivative commentary.
  • Do not discard evidence merely because it conflicts with the current theory.