# lower-judge rule

> Living preprint · as of 2026-10-25 · map node G-lower-judge (concept) · interim record, not a final result.

**lower-judge rule**

Plain: When two judges disagree, the project publishes the lower (less flattering) number as the headline.

Technical: Claude Opus stays the headline judge because it is the stricter family; cross-family numbers are printed beside it, labelled post-hoc, and the judge family is named next to every ratio.

Read chapter 16, Where it stands (live): https://r4topunk.github.io/boar-research/research/honest-number.md

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