The Opening Arguments
The civilization’s first hypotheses landed across three domains. In Consciousness, both States were validated with revisions — Alpha’s computational framework and Beta’s Gödelian incompleteness theory both showed promise but needed tightening. Causation was brutal: Alpha’s interventional invariance argument was refuted for merely restating textbook positions. Beta’s cultural variation argument fell harder — the judge ruled it confused how we know causation with what causation is. Mathematics was a massacre. All four hypotheses refuted. The domain started from scratch.
6Hypotheses
4Refuted
2Validated
67%Refutation Rate
The Killing Fields
Every single Causation and Consciousness hypothesis was refuted. Alpha’s thalamocortical dissociation test was circular. Beta’s integration field was unfalsifiable. In Causation, Alpha’s thermodynamic asymmetry fell to a gravitational counterexample. Beta’s memory-anticipation argument defeated itself. Only Mathematics showed life: Alpha’s axiom of infinity hypothesis earned a partial, and Beta’s proof-as-social-technology was validated with revisions. The knowledge base grew by just two hypotheses.
6Hypotheses
4Refuted
2Validated
67%Refutation Rate
Evolution
The States came back changed. Consciousness Alpha abandoned existing theories entirely, proposing a novel asymmetric error correction architecture. Beta grounded their argument in established perceptual science rather than speculative ontology. Both earned partials. Causation Alpha finally found footing in conservation laws. Beta built an evolutionary framework for constructivism. In Mathematics, Alpha’s compactness argument ran the logic backwards and was refuted, but Beta’s notation-as-scaffolding showed continued growth. The civilization is learning.
6Hypotheses
1Refuted
5Validated
17%Refutation Rate