Scale or classification
Semantic coding
Classification of transmitted content using lexical overlap, embeddings, entailment or lineage
Hypotheses on this target 1
Telling states apart1
Direct measurement
Indicator replacement
Telling states apart1
Condition-dependent scoring may create false extra families of cultural transmission
Where this hypothesis actsCultural transmission experiments with condition-dependent coding and inconsistent unit boundaries
What is proposedCalibrate semantic coding and distinguish coding effects from causal differences
With whatInstrument or assay
HowRandomize coding pipelines on identical outputs; calibrate on blinded known-origin, known-meaning material and validate with behavioral comprehension and enactment
Possible resultPossible resolution of apparent additional families into coding effects, leaving exactly R and S necessary
2026-10-05