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Taphonomy and survivorship bias

Subjects in this realm

Object count by maturity
Headline size counts L1-L5 research objects; L0 rough rows remain in the table only.

Count by Maturity

Realms drill-down chart Donut chart using L1 through L5 object counts; L0 rough-source counts are excluded from slice size. Taphonomy and survivorship bias - Lead: 17 17 L1-L5
L0 Rough source
L1 Lead
L2 Candidate
L3 Evidence packet
L4 Draft article
L5 Published article
Realms drill-down table matching the chart links and maturity counts
Realm Chart count Total L0 L1 L2 L3 L4 L5
Taphonomy and survivorship bias
Borrowed from paleontology and fossil taphonomy, this move treats the surviving record not as a fair sample of what once existed but as the output of a filter with its own physics and economics. The analyst names the selection mechanism — a dealer who keeps g...
 17 17 0 17 0 0 0 0
Drill link Chart count L0 L1 L2 L3 L4 L5
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1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0
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1 0 1 0 0 0 0
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Deferred Metrics

Quotient epistemic mass
Size by aggregate epistemic_quotient to show where the strongest inferred knowledge is.
Published-only
Size by L5 published articles only: the solid-ground view.
Negative-space
Size or shade by lost-vs-attested structure: the map of the gaps.