Independence is not the same as centrism. It is a rule for handling evidence: state the standard before the conclusion, apply it across coalitions, distinguish facts from interpretations, and correct the record when evidence changes.
The method asks four questions: what mechanism could produce the outcome; what would we expect to observe; which levers could change it; and what tradeoffs or new risks would those levers create? This structure does not promise neutrality or a single political programme. It makes disagreement more useful by forcing a claim to show its moving parts.
A correctable publication gives claims a version, source note, and revision history. Disagreement should be answered by clarifying, narrowing, adding evidence, or withdrawing a proposition—not by quietly changing the standard.
The goal is an institutional posture in miniature: broad enough for different subjects, disciplined enough to resist partisan conversion, and transparent enough to be corrected in public.
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