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What kind of text is it?

Asked 25 Oct 2026 by ·12 answers·0·0 following
Most likely: a notation or memory systemAhead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

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A notation or memory system
Contradicted by less of the evidence than any rival
Evidence: 8 for, 1 against
Most likely
A natural language in an invented script
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: 6 for, 5 against
Still possible
An invented language
Fits the evidence less well than its rivals
Evidence: 7 for, 3 against
Still possible
Heavy shorthand
Fits the evidence less well than its rivals
Evidence: 5 for, 3 against
Still possible
Latin or a vernacular under a table cipher
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: 6 for, 6 against
Still possible
Made-up text, written freely
Fits the evidence less well than its rivals
Evidence: 5 for, 2 against
Still possible
No plaintext: a procedure produced it
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: 5 for, 5 against
Still possible
No plaintext: composed freely by hand
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: 5 for, 2 against
Still possible
Evidence: 6 for, 6 against
Ruled out
Evidence: 6 for, 5 against
Ruled out
Evidence: 1 against
Ruled out
Evidence: 5 for, 5 against
Ruled out
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What would settle it

  1. Second rater for every evidence link, then ACH sensitivity (drop each finding, compare raters).
  2. Paradigm classes against slot simulators with held-out stem-ending prediction (F-103).
  3. Calibrate the A-B alignment on a planted-respelling control before reading it (F-110).
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