Draftv0.1.0-alpha · revised 2026-08-01
Publication of Failure
Negative results carry equal status.
Draft: Written but unreviewed. Content may change substantially.
Failed pilots, invalidated models, and abandoned approaches must be published with the same prominence as successes, including what was expected, what happened, and what the institution changed as a result.
An institution that publishes only successes is producing marketing, and its published success rate carries no information.
Chapter metadata
- Status
- Draft
- Version
- 0.1.0-alpha
- Created
- 2026-08-01
- Last revised
- 2026-08-01
- Last reviewed
- Not yet reviewed
- Authors
- ISILP
- Governing proposals
- IIP-0006
- Source
spec/500-governance/publication-of-failure.mdx
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ISILP. Publication of Failure. The Intelligentism Specification, version 0.1.0-alpha (revised 2026-08-01). https://intelligentism.isilp.org/spec/governance/publication-of-failure