EXP-MULTIGEN-COUPLING-ABLATE-N10

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Coupling-ablation N=10 — paper6 step-2 publishability boost

2026-05-04 L6 level paper6 10 runs $0.12

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In plain language

This experiment tested whether a specific computational mechanism would reliably work when tested with more examples. The researchers found that the mechanism worked as expected in most of the tests, but they are still analyzing the results to determine if the findings are strong enough for publication.

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Research hypothesis

exp-multigen-coupling-ablate (N=2) showed depth collapse 7-9 → 1, signal_type chain 0/10 accepted. Reviewers will flag N=2 as underpowered. Boost to N=10 with diverse seed_sets to match step-2 variance protocol. Pre-registered: - PUBLISHABLE: 10/10 runs hit depth ≤2, signal_type chain 0/30+ accepted. Mirror falsification at N=10 with diverse seeds.

NEED-REVISION: ≥3/10 runs hit depth ≥5 — pilot was unrepresentative, mechanism not robust.
PARTIAL: 1-2/10 outliers — note in §caveats but still publishable.

Experimental setup

Type: factorial

Condition	Parameters
ABLATE_BROADCAST_NONE	coupling: false, must_propose: true, axis_diversify: true, initial_rules_override: [object Object], locked_axes: broadcast_to, n_runs: 10

Factors: ablation (coupling_off)

Parameters

n_agents: 4
model: google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite
temperature: 0.85

autopoiesis paper6-step2-replication coupling-ablation-n10