Use evidence gates instead of resurrection deadlines
Proposed work packages. Gate A: establish the program (Terminus a Quo). Write the research question and exclusion criteria; recruit scientific and ethics advisers with real authority; identify a suitable institutional setting; and document consent, data governance, and model provenance. The output is an approved, costed, reviewable research plan. The gate remains closed if the team lacks the expertise or oversight needed for the chosen work.
Proposed work packages. This page expands the “Use evidence gates instead of resurrection deadlines” chapter in the proposals collection.
Gate A: establish the program (Terminus a Quo). Write the research question and exclusion criteria; recruit scientific and ethics advisers with real authority; identify a suitable institutional setting; and document consent, data governance, and model provenance. The output is an approved, costed, reviewable research plan. The gate remains closed if the team lacks the expertise or oversight needed for the chosen work.
Gate B: demonstrate measurement reliability (Fidelitas). Show that the chosen model can be characterized consistently across independent biological preparations and relevant sources of variation. Compare measurements with appropriate controls and document why the selected readout answers the question. The gate requires a reproducible method, not the highest waveform amplitude or the most attractive microscopy image.
Gate C: test one repair-related hypothesis (Experimentum Crucis). Define a primary outcome, the unit of analysis, the analysis plan, and criteria for interpreting failure before collecting the decisive data. Separate exploratory observations from confirmatory claims. Independent replication or a genuinely independent analysis is the proposed sine qua non condition for broadening the public claim, rather than a press release after the first positive result.
Gate D: consider translation only if justified. Any move toward animal implantation or eventual clinical investigation would require a distinct evidence package, specialist oversight, and the relevant legal and regulatory process. Passing a research-tool milestone would not authorize clinical use. There is no dated gate for human resurrection, because no validated pathway currently supports one.
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