{
  "study_id": "O0-STUDY-010",
  "title": "Can an embedded observer distinguish unified-source from multiple-source universes?",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "date": "2026-07-26",
  "record_class": "SIMULATION_STUDY",
  "program": "source-ontology-identifiability",
  "research_status": "complete",
  "evidence_type": "computational_generative_model_study",
  "replication_status": "internally_unreplicated",
  "physical_validation": "none",
  "biological_validation": "none",
  "creator_existence_tested": "no",
  "exploratory_vs_confirmatory": "confirmatory",
  "top_line_verdict": "INCONCLUSIVE (strict preregistered rule) / PRELIMINARY SUPPORT for primary hypothesis in isolation",
  "n_exploratory_seeds_per_class": 12,
  "n_confirmatory_seeds_per_class": 30,
  "n_universe_classes": 6,
  "two_class_accuracy_UNIFIED_vs_MULTIPLE": 0.915,
  "shared_law_correctly_MULT": 0.97,
  "shared_init_correctly_MULT": 1.00,
  "central_broadcast_correctly_MULT": 0.73,
  "concealed_unity_hidden_frac": 0.13,
  "source_records": ["OA-C001", "OA-C005", "O0-STUDY-001", "O0-STUDY-008"],
  "philosophical_provenance": {
    "record": "# The O-0 Phenomenon- A Unified Framework.md",
    "section": "general framing (§I–§II) — 'one being outside time and space thinking reality into existence'",
    "proposition": "Reality is generated from one all-encompassing source.",
    "relationship": "operationalization of a narrow testable fragment",
    "disclaimer": "The study tests whether embedded observers can detect a shared-latent generative structure in a toy linear-Gaussian universe. It does NOT test whether our universe has one source, whether that source is conscious, whether O/0 is true, or any other metaphysical claim. Conceptual provenance is not empirical support."
  },
  "files": {
    "record": "scientific_record.md",
    "preregistration": "preregistration.md",
    "config": "configs/baseline.json",
    "run_script": "src/run_study.py",
    "summary_json": "results/summary.json",
    "thresholds_frozen": "results/thresholds_frozen.json",
    "raw_exploratory": "data/raw/exploratory.csv",
    "raw_confirmatory": "data/raw/confirmatory.csv",
    "figure_distributions": "figures/01_signature_distributions.png",
    "figure_confusion": "figures/02_classifier_outcomes.png"
  }
}