Metaphysical Technology: Claims and Evidence

Status: Public evidence map
Machine-readable register: CLAIMS.yaml Last reviewed: July 23, 2026

This record separates category standards, observation, report, inference, model, finding, and unresolved explanation. It does not convert the category definition into an empirical discovery.

Current claim map

Claim ID	Proposition	Status	What supports the status	What the status does not establish
`MT-CLM-001`	The controlling definition of Metaphysical Technology	Category Standard	Published definition and category pillar	Scientific truth, external adoption, or historical priority
`MT-CLM-002`	The three-part membership test	Category Standard	Published classification criteria	Automatic inclusion, efficacy, safety, or value
`MT-CLM-003`	The definition does not establish metaphysical explanations scientifically	Category Standard	Explicit evidence limitation in the controlling definition	That every metaphysical proposition is false or untestable
`MT-CLM-004`	What participant reports can establish	Category Standard	Published evidence rule	Cause, mechanism, ontology, or universal meaning
`MT-CLM-005`	What sensor measurements can establish	Category Standard	Published evidence rule	Meaning or metaphysical explanation
`MT-CLM-006`	Broad external adoption is not established by the current record	Working Model	Current public repository scope	A systematic finding that no external adoption exists

Evidence chain

For any investigated system, preserve this sequence:

Designed condition: What did the system present, change, request, or control?
Observation or measurement: What physical, behavioral, environmental, or reported event entered the record?
Inference: What conclusion did a person, method, or model draw?
Interpretation: What meaning did a participant, community, designer, or doctrine assign?
Unresolved explanation: What remains unknown about cause, mechanism, ontology, generality, or significance?

Evidence at one level does not inherit authority over the next.

Evidence functions

Evidence may:

support a proposition;
weaken a proposition;
limit its scope;
disconfirm it;
distinguish among competing explanations;
establish what a source said without establishing that the statement is true.

Evidence is not a knowledge status. Repetition, popularity, authorship, technical complexity, or category membership cannot promote a claim.

Source and claim rules

Participant reports

A participant has direct authority over what they report experiencing. The report should preserve conditions, timing, wording, non-response, distress, and relevant context. It does not alone establish an external object, shared mechanism, or universal interpretation.

Sensors and measurements

A measurement claim must identify the measurand, instrument, method, conditions, preprocessing, uncertainty, and limits relevant to the proposition. A physiological signal does not contain labels such as meaning, connection, safety, transcendence, or spiritual activation.

Models and algorithms

A model output establishes that the model produced an output under stated inputs and conditions. Claims about accuracy, generalization, mechanism, diagnosis, or meaning require separate evidence. Prediction is not explanation.

Designed environments

An environment can establish that defined conditions were created and that declared outputs changed. Participant response, causal mechanism, interpretation, durability, and transfer beyond the setting remain separate propositions.

Category standards

A category standard can establish a definition, boundary, classification rule, or evidence rule for this public record. It cannot transform a belief, interpretation, or unverified origin claim into an empirical finding.

Evidence required for a category classification

A responsible classification record should contain:

a description of the intentionally designed subject;
primary records showing its purpose and operation;
the metaphysical question, experience, or relationship it materially engages;
the design elements affected by that engagement;
the operational, observable, testable, or governed form;
a claim-by-claim evidence table;
alternative classifications and explanations;
known exclusions and conflicts;
consent, privacy, safety, interpretation, and correction obligations;
the classification authority, date, status, and review trigger.

Open evidence gaps

The public record does not yet contain:

a public catalog of classified examples;
a systematic study of external category adoption;
a verified first-use and historical-origin dossier for every public origin claim;
a complete comparison record for all adjacent categories;
replicated evidence supporting any single metaphysical mechanism across the category;
a public correction and challenge dataset.

These gaps are not proof against the category. They define the next research burden.

Correction rule

When evidence changes a public claim, the record should state:

the prior claim;
the new evidence;
the corrected status or wording;
the effect on classifications and publications;
the responsible reviewer or maintainer;
the date and review trigger.

Corrections must not be silent.