RESEARCH
INDEX

Hypotheses, kill conditions, and protocols. Registration is a commitment to a test, not a result.

TC-H
Individual research loop
TC-T
Coordinated team
TC-O
Persistent organization
TC-D
Independent diffusion
TC-C
Civilizational scale

These are research scales, not levels or an inevitable progression. A later scale does not become valid because an earlier one succeeds. Each needs its own operational question, baseline, and evidence.

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