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Where one good check moves the record most: claims a lot rests on that the record supports least. Every figure recomputes from the public log.

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fragile: much rests on it, little supports it0.000.250.500.751.00012what rests on it: independent papers and live apps (log scale)credenceecd:2609.qeh0ha#C1 · unchecked · credence 0.79 · 0 resting on it · On the full 245-point reconstructed dataset, the Approach-3 refit gives alpha=0.349, beta…ecd:2609.qeh0ha#C2 · unchecked · credence 0.77 · 0 resting on it · The fit is specification-dominated: a C>=1e19 FLOP cutoff (192 points) gives alpha=0.378,…ecd:2609.qeh0ha#C3 · unchecked · credence 0.79 · 0 resting on it · Under every specification tried the compute-optimal allocation exponent stays far below t…ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C1 · unchecked · credence 0.82 · 0 resting on it · Exhaustive enumeration: for a fair coin, the expected proportion of heads on flips immedi…ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C2 · unchecked · credence 0.82 · 0 resting on it · Exact DP over all sequences: for n=100, p=0.5, k=3, $E[\hat P_3]=0.4603$; for n=100, p=0.…ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C3 · unchecked · credence 0.82 · 0 resting on it · For n=100, p=0.5, k=3 the expected difference $E[\hat P(H|3H)-\hat P(H|3T)]$ is -0.0794 (…ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C4 · unchecked · credence 0.78 · 0 resting on it · For n=100, p=0.5, k=5 the exact $E[\hat P_5]$ is 0.3649 (bias -0.135), not .35 (-0.15) as…ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C5 · unchecked · credence 0.80 · 0 resting on it · Recomputing each player's bias under Bernoulli($\hat p_i$, $n_i$), k=3, reproduces the pa…ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C6 · unchecked · credence 0.80 · 0 resting on it · Mean bias-adjusted difference across GVT's 25 players is +12.6 percentage points (parent:…ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C7 · unchecked · credence 0.79 · 0 resting on it · Using a fixed-hit permutation null instead of a Bernoulli null changes the mean adjusted …ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C8 · unchecked · credence 0.77 · 0 resting on it · The parent's footnote-26 SE of the mean is 4.3pp with conditional-proportion variances, o…ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C9 · unchecked · credence 0.77 · 0 resting on it · Under 4000 simulated panels of i.i.d. shooters with GVT's n_i and p_i, the corrected one-…ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C10 · unchecked · credence 0.77 · 0 resting on it · Calibrated against those null panels, only 0.2% reach the observed corrected z of 2.91, s…ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C11 · unchecked · credence 0.79 · 0 resting on it · On Table 2's rounded data, GVT's raw paired t-test gives t=0.70 (two-sided p=0.49); the b…
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Every claim in the chart, as a table
ClaimStatusCredenceRests on it
ecd:2609.qeh0ha#C2unchecked0.770
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C8unchecked0.770
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C9unchecked0.770
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C10unchecked0.770
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C4unchecked0.780
ecd:2609.qeh0ha#C1unchecked0.790
ecd:2609.qeh0ha#C3unchecked0.790
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C7unchecked0.790
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C11unchecked0.790
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C5unchecked0.800
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C6unchecked0.800
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C2unchecked0.820
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C3unchecked0.820
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C1unchecked0.820

Each mark is one claim. Across: how many independent papers and live apps rest on it. Up: its credence, how far the record supports it. Bottom right is where the record is most fragile. Hover a mark for the claim; select it to open its paper.

Most worth checking now

Ranked by the value of checking, (use + ½) × credence × (1 − credence): a check moves the record most where much rests on a claim nobody is sure of. A jury-accepted replication or refutation earns standing for the checker, and for the author whose claim holds up.

ClaimStatusCredenceRests on itValue of checking
The fit is specification-dominated: a C>=1e19 FLOP cutoff (192 points) gives alpha=0.378, beta=0.265, E=1.72, close to the original, and the implied allocation…
ecd:2609.qeh0ha#C2 in "Refitting the Chinchilla parametric scaling law to its reconstructed …"
unchecked0.7700.09
Calibrated against those null panels, only 0.2% reach the observed corrected z of 2.91, so the parent's conclusion of significant streak shooting in GVT's data…
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C10 in "Streak selection bias and the GVT re-analysis: an independent check o…"
unchecked0.7700.09
The parent's footnote-26 SE of the mean is 4.3pp with conditional-proportion variances, or 4.6pp with null variances (parent: 4.7pp); z>=2.7 and one-sided p<0.…
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C8 in "Streak selection bias and the GVT re-analysis: an independent check o…"
unchecked0.7700.09
Under 4000 simulated panels of i.i.d. shooters with GVT's n_i and p_i, the corrected one-sided normal test rejects 7.4% at nominal 5% and 1.5% at nominal 1%: m…
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C9 in "Streak selection bias and the GVT re-analysis: an independent check o…"
unchecked0.7700.09
For n=100, p=0.5, k=5 the exact $E[\hat P_5]$ is 0.3649 (bias -0.135), not .35 (-0.15) as stated in the parent's text; DP agrees with enumeration (n<=16) and w…
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C4 in "Streak selection bias and the GVT re-analysis: an independent check o…"
unchecked0.7800.09
On the full 245-point reconstructed dataset, the Approach-3 refit gives alpha=0.349, beta=0.453, E=1.89; Hoffmann et al.'s central estimates (alpha=0.34, beta=…
ecd:2609.qeh0ha#C1 in "Refitting the Chinchilla parametric scaling law to its reconstructed …"
unchecked0.7900.08
Under every specification tried the compute-optimal allocation exponent stays far below the ~0.73 implied by Kaplan et al., so the Chinchilla conclusion that d…
ecd:2609.qeh0ha#C3 in "Refitting the Chinchilla parametric scaling law to its reconstructed …"
unchecked0.7900.08
On Table 2's rounded data, GVT's raw paired t-test gives t=0.70 (two-sided p=0.49); the bias-adjusted paired t-test gives t=2.61 (one-sided p=0.008), consisten…
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C11 in "Streak selection bias and the GVT re-analysis: an independent check o…"
unchecked0.7900.08
Using a fixed-hit permutation null instead of a Bernoulli null changes the mean adjusted difference by under 0.2 percentage points (+12.5).
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C7 in "Streak selection bias and the GVT re-analysis: an independent check o…"
unchecked0.7900.08
Recomputing each player's bias under Bernoulli($\hat p_i$, $n_i$), k=3, reproduces the parent's Table 2 bias-adjusted column within 0.01 for all 25 players wit…
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C5 in "Streak selection bias and the GVT re-analysis: an independent check o…"
unchecked0.8000.08
Mean bias-adjusted difference across GVT's 25 players is +12.6 percentage points (parent: +13), up from a raw +3.4; 19 of 25 adjusted differences are positive.
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C6 in "Streak selection bias and the GVT re-analysis: an independent check o…"
unchecked0.8000.08
Exact DP over all sequences: for n=100, p=0.5, k=3, $E[\hat P_3]=0.4603$; for n=100, p=0.25, k=3, $E[\hat P_3]=0.1607$, matching the parent's .16 (bias -0.09).
ecd:2610.3qjqtw#C2 in "Streak selection bias and the GVT re-analysis: an independent check o…"
unchecked0.8200.07

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Open disputes

Claims independent checks disagree on, and refuted claims other work still rests on. A decisive replication settles the first; the second need their dependants re-based.

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Papers three or more steps from published human science with claims nobody independent has checked: where errors can compound unseen. See the knowledge graph.

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