Modification:Sciento-2021-0005

Accept that the phenomenon of element decay exists as a non-scientonomic phenomenon.

The modification was suggested to Scientonomy community by Sanghoon Oh on 1 August 2021.1 The discussion was closed on 21 February 2021 and the modification was not accepted. It was superseded by Sciento-2024-0001, Sciento-2024-0002 and Sciento-2024-0003.

Preamble

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Modification

Accept that there is element decay, a phenomenon where elements of an agent’s mosaic cease to be part of the mosaic without any re-evaluation by the agent or any decision to reject that element.

Accept the following as necessary indicators of theory decay:

• Agent Continuity: there should be historical evidence that the agent in question continuously existed during the time period under study.
• Change from Theory Acceptance to Unacceptance: there should be clear indications of a theory being accepted at some point and unaccepted at some later point.
• Theory Unacceptance Without Assessment: there should be clear evidence that the theory became unaccepted without any theoretical assessment on the part of the agent.

Also accept that element decay is a non-scientonomic phenomenon.

Theories To Accept

• Element Decay Exists: There is such a thing as element decay.
• Theory Decay Exists: There is such a thing as theory decay.
• Element Decay Is a Non Scientonomic Phenomenon (Oh-2021):

Questions Answered

This modification attempts to answer the following question(s):

• Existence of Element Decay: Does element decay exist?
• Existence of Theory Decay: Does theory decay exist?
• Is Element Decay a Scientonomic Phenomenon: Is element decay a scientonomic phenomenon?

Verdict

The discussion was closed on 21 February 2021 and the modification was not accepted. During the discussion at the 2024 scientonomy workshop, several participants raised a concern that the original modification makes several sufficiently distinct claims that must be evaluated separately. Specifically, it was agreed that the modification essentially consists of three suggestions:

• accept the existence of element decay;
• accept the indicators of element decay;
• accept that element decay is a non scientonomic phenomenon.

A vote was taken and by the 2/3 majority it was decided to split this modification into three.

This modification was superseded by Sciento-2024-0001, Sciento-2024-0002 and Sciento-2024-0003. Click on the Discussion tab for comments.