The proposition
The evidence library is the audit trail of the project. Every major claim should link to the strongest available original source and preserve enough metadata for a reader to verify it.
Browse by evidence status
Primary measurements
Peer-reviewed papers, datasets, technical reports, and documented observations.
Prevailing explanations
Reviews and authoritative syntheses used to represent scientific consensus fairly.
Alternative arguments
Claims are cataloged with criticisms, source quality, and verification status.
What is established
Source quality varies by claim type. A peer-reviewed measurement, an agency document, a historical translation, and an author’s interpretive essay answer different questions and must not be flattened into one list.
| Layer | How this page treats it |
|---|---|
| Established Evidence | Measurements, documented records, or primary texts that can be directly cited. |
| Mainstream Interpretation | The prevailing explanation is presented in its strongest fair form. |
| Alternative Hypothesis | Testable interpretations outside the prevailing account. |
| Speculation | Ideas without enough evidence for a confidence claim. |
What must be tested
Records should include author, title, publication, date, DOI or stable URL, archive link, accessed date, evidence classification, claim supported, relevant excerpt location, and known criticism.
- Are dates independently derived, calibrated, and reported with uncertainty?
- Was the event selected before or after the proposed recurrence interval was chosen?
- Does the mechanism make a prediction that differs from competing models?
- What observation would count against the claim?
Counterarguments and alternatives
A long bibliography can create an illusion of rigor if sources are irrelevant, misquoted, duplicated, or cited only through secondary summaries.
A strong page should state whether alternatives are mutually exclusive, additive, or simply operating at different scales.
Source and revision status
The supplied project files will be reviewed before records are promoted from [SOURCE REQUIRED] to verified citations.