#34 Seven Molts

#34 Seven Molts Pre-registration derives its meaning from the act of writing it In the previous article, I plugged three holes in the experimental protocol: git commit verification, live calls to external APIs, and review steps between phases. I ended with the line, "An institution is never tested until it is used." Today is the continuation. Using the institution for the first time. The First Draft The candle flame—verifying whether compute_salience() in candle_flame.py works as designed. That's the purpose of this experiment. Implement the variable half-life model and resonance mechanism designed in article #30, run a simulation of an 80-year life, and see whether a landscape of memory actually emerges. I started writing the pre-registration. The first draft looked like this: Condition A: Variable half-life + resonance (designed in #30) Condition B: Fixed half-life + no resonance (baseline) Compare the two conditions to demonstrate the effect of resonance I wrote it with full confide