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SIMULATION LITERACY

Source Start Points, Evidence Gaps, and Non-Prediction

A simulation-literacy guide to showing sources, missing evidence, and future uncertainty without turning citations, percentages, maps, or structured cards into false predictions.

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REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE Editorial synthesis or explanation derived from sources and explicitly open to correction.

Confidence: Source-bounded
Sources: 1
Independent corroboration: 0
Jurisdiction: Global / scenario-dependent
Date range: Historical cutoff 2026-07-24; fictional scenario horizon 2027–2036
Review: Repository-authored WIP.31 evidence-lineage transformation — exact source workbook and WIP.30 normalized register preserved; external source content, currentness, premise support, probability calibration, consequence validation, legal, accessibility, cultural, affected-community, and specialist review remain pending

Estimated reading: 14 minutes
Review date: 2026-07-25
Stable route: /simulation-literacy/source-start-points-evidence-gaps-and-non-prediction

Source boundary · evidence boundary

BASELINE START POINT ONLY. The exact workbook and WIP.30 normalized scenario register remain preserved. A source URL and source note establish only the supplied provenance relationship. They do not authenticate the source, verify a scenario premise, calibrate a probability, validate warning indicators, prove consequence paths, authorize monitoring, or support operational action. The public interface preserves these exact labels: HISTORICAL RECORD ENDS AT 2026-07-24; FICTIONAL SCENARIO — NOT HISTORICAL, NOT A FORECAST; SOURCE-AUTHORED ANALYTICAL ESTIMATE — NOT CALIBRATED OR ADDITIVE; ILLUSTRATIVE CONSEQUENCE PATH — NOT A PREDICTION.

LEVEL 1

ORIENTATION

Why this matters

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One-sentence brief

Structured interfaces make unsupported future claims look authoritative. Visible evidence gaps and non-prediction states help readers distinguish research scaffolding from verified history or forecast skill.

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Three key points

A baseline source is a verification starting point, not endorsement of a fictional scenario.
Scenario premise, numerical estimate, warning indicators, and consequence path require separate review.
One source reused across many tracks remains one origin chain rather than independent corroboration.

LEVEL 2

WORKING BRIEF

Evidence, context, and limits

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Structured cards can overstate evidence

Dates, coordinates, source logos, percentages, and repeated annual rows can create an appearance of precision. The interface must counter that effect with explicit evidence-state labels beside the fields that need review.

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Show what is missing

The docket names absent premise review, calibration, indicator review, consequence validation, currentness review, independent origins, reviewer identity, and disposition. Missing evidence is data, not a hidden footnote.

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Numerical estimates remain authored

A percentage is not calibrated merely because it changes smoothly across ten years. Calibration requires a defined reference class, scoring rule, resolved outcomes, and documented performance.

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Coordinates remain orientation only

Broad centroids help readers understand geographic scope. They must not become target points, precise facility locations, or operational decision support.

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Provide an evidence exit

Every fictional detail should link to the evidence docket and back to the historical ledger so readers can recover the source boundary.

LEVEL 3

COMPLETE DOSSIER

Limitations, game links, and review context

DISPUTED / MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS

Known limitations and gaps

The source workbook is preserved but not authenticated as an institutional forecast or intelligence product.
Source URLs are start points; their content and currentness were not independently verified in WIP.31.
No scenario premise, probability sequence, warning indicator, or consequence path is certified by this docket.
The docket records no reviewer identity, assignment, specialist disposition, publication approval, production approval, activation, or tuning authority.
The interface provides no private-person monitoring, target selection, cyber operation, surveillance, casualty optimization, or individualized persuasion capability.

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Scenario evidence and review boundaries

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Glossary cross-reference

Terms are defined for this site’s evidence method, not as universal legal or clinical definitions.

scenario evidence gap source-to-scenario relationship scenario evidence lineage claim-specific review

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Decision matrix

Scenario evidence treatment matrix
Question	Acceptable treatment	Prohibited implication
Citation	Expose origin and support scope.	Treat citation presence as factual verification.
Percentage	Label as uncalibrated and non-additive.	Forecast skill or expected outcome.
Map point	Use a broad representative centroid.	Target coordinate or precise event prediction.
Missing evidence	Show the open review state.	Hide absence behind confidence language.

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Publication audit checklist

Field-level labels

Are warnings placed beside the relevant numerical and narrative fields?

Pass condition: Readers do not need to infer which claims are unreviewed.

Evidence gaps

Are missing reviews enumerated?

Pass condition: The interface shows absence rather than masking it.

Non-prediction

Is the scenario state repeated on copied detail?

Pass condition: Future material cannot easily lose its fictional label.

Exit path

Can readers reach the evidence docket and historical ledger?

Pass condition: Both routes are directly linked.

LEVEL 4

RESEARCH EDITION

Sources, methods, and stable links

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Linked reports

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Method and corrections

This page follows the public method for provenance, confidence, source independence, alternative accounts, limitations, review state, and visible correction.

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