What It Would Take to Test This: A Costed Protocol for the Signal Floor Account
The costed protocol for the signal-floor account: what an honest test would actually require, priced out, so the claim can be falsified rather than merely argued. Supplements The Story Comes Cheap.
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What makes a signal credible?
The signal-floor account treats brand authenticity as a cost inference: what would it take for different kinds of senders to produce the same signal? The Story Comes Cheap develops this question; its companion protocol sets out a way to test the account.
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