Intellectual Frontiers

Pattern

Evidence debt register

Make stale, weak, unsupported, single-source, and unresolved claims visible before they quietly drive decisions. The register records each claim's evidence status, risk if wrong, owner, and decision blocked, so debt that can reverse a clinical, economic, rights, or adoption decision is resolved first.

Register

Record the claim, type, evidence status, date, useful life, contradictions, risk if wrong, owner, resolution method, deadline, and decision blocked.

Priority

Resolve debt that can reverse a clinical, economic, rights, or adoption decision before polishing lower-consequence evidence.

Rule

Repeated reliance on an unresolved claim raises its cost. Sunk work does not improve evidence quality.

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