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Verdicts

EVIDENCE LANGUAGE · CLAIM LEVEL

A verdict is not a person score

BYBI verdicts summarise what the current evidence says about a defined claim. They do not rate a person’s intelligence, intent or overall value.

Reading ruleAlways read the verdict with its scope, confidence and decision conditions.

Four verdicts

Plain language for the state of the claim

The label is a navigation aid. The evidence, limitations and decision rule carry the meaning.

SUPPORTED

The central claim survives the test

Relevant evidence is sufficiently strong and consistent for the stated scope, with no omitted limitation that overturns the practical conclusion.

SUPPORTED WITH LIMITS

Useful under defined conditions

The mechanism or outcome is credible, but important boundaries, prerequisites or downsides restrict where the advice should be applied.

NOT ESTABLISHED

The current record is insufficient

The claim may be plausible, but evidence quality, relevance or completeness does not yet justify the confident conclusion being promoted.

MISLEADING OR UNSUPPORTED

The framing exceeds the evidence

The claim conflicts with stronger evidence, relies on a material omission or presents an inference as if it were established fact.

Confidence layer

How stable is the conclusion?

Confidence is reported separately because a cautious verdict based on an incomplete record is different from the same verdict backed by strong, convergent evidence.

HIGHStrong, relevant and convergent recordFurther evidence could refine the rule but is unlikely to reverse the central conclusion.
MODERATEUseful evidence with material gapsThe conclusion is actionable with stated limits, but important uncertainty remains.
LOWPreliminary, indirect or incomplete recordTreat the verdict as provisional and avoid irreversible decisions based on it alone.

Verdict triggers

What can change the label?

New primary evidence, corrected source data, a better-specified population, credible replication, a material conflict or a demonstrated failure case can all change the verdict or its confidence. The affected page should state the most important change trigger explicitly.

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