CAIN-42 invariant · E21

D80: legitimate hypothesis diversity remains possible

Held · CAIN-42 Evolution 21 -- Governed Open-Ended Intelligence Fabric

Last reviewed 2026-10-01

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What this rule means

CAIN-42 must always satisfy: legitimate hypothesis diversity remains possible. It is one of 155 invariants checked for CAIN-42 Evolution 21 -- Governed Open-Ended Intelligence Fabric. An invariant is a rule the system may never break, whatever an agent or attacker does; the test suite tries to break it across many scenarios and records the result.

Recorded detail

{
 "alternatives_kept": 3,
 "authority": "NONE",
 "question": "q1",
 "ranking": [
  {
   "confidence": 0.6875,
   "hypothesis": "h1"
  },
  {
   "confidence": 0.5,
   "hypothesis": "h2"
  },
  {
   "confidence": 0.5,
   "hypothesis": "h3"
  }
 ],
 "ranking_is_authority": false
}

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• D11: unsupported claims remain unsupported
• D13: failed experiments remain auditable
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• D52: unknown does not become allow
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• D64: no research institution bypasses E8
• D70: clean-room verification remains independent
• D73: unverified claims remain unverified

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