docs: PLAIN.md — the system without its own vocabulary#252
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The engine is six pieces; the homegrown vocabulary is heavier than the machine it names. This page is the translation layer: five sentences with zero invented words, the load-bearing core vs fairness-rules vs experiment- menu distinction, the project-term → plain-English → standard-concept table, a one-paragraph mechanism-design framing for outside collaborators, the measured claims in plain language, and the honest weaknesses. Indexed first in the reference track — the page to send anyone meeting the project cold.
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The Rube-Goldberg audit's verdict, shipped as a page: the engine is simple (six load-bearing pieces); the vocabulary is overweight (~60% homegrown names for standard concepts). PLAIN.md is the translation layer — five sentences with zero invented words, the core/fairness-rule/experiment-menu distinction, the full term-translation table (band screen = item discrimination; non-inferiority = clinical-trials statistics; reproducer = the arXiv:2606.11045 construction…), a one-paragraph mechanism-design framing for game-theorist collaborators, the measured claims stated plainly, and the honest weaknesses. Indexed in docs/README as the page to send anyone meeting the project cold.