Check a claim

Five questions from the walk. Any claim. Two minutes.

Paste a claim: a headline, an advert, a forecast, a chatbot’s answer, something someone told you. Answer the five questions. The page tells you what the walk says about it.

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The claim

1. Where does the one making it stand?

Everyone reads from somewhere. Step 1

I can see where they stand and what they gain I cannot tell

2. Does it say what would prove it wrong?

A claim with no condition cannot be tested. Step 5

Yes. It names what would prove it wrong No. Nothing could prove it wrong

3. What kind of claim is it?

Prophecy, induction or deduction. Steps 5 to 7

It names what will happen and gives no reason It says it happened before, so it will happen again It shows what makes it happen, and what would stop it

4. How sure is it allowed to be?

The floor is certain. A tested claim earns confidence. Step 8

It has been tested and landed where it said it would It has not been tested It was tested and failed

5. Where do its rules come from?

Architecture A or Architecture B. Step 10

A declared authority: a person, a text, a party, a brand What can be tested, by anyone

The five questions, and where they come from

Where does the one making it stand? Everyone reads from somewhere. Step 1
Does it say what would prove it wrong? A claim with no condition has nowhere to be cut. Step 5
Is it prophecy, induction or deduction? Prophecy risks nothing and explains nothing. Induction risks something and explains nothing. Deduction risks something and explains why. Steps 5 to 7
How sure is it allowed to be? The floor is certain. A tested claim earns confidence, and can still die. Step 8
Where do its rules come from? A declared authority is Architecture A. What anyone can test is Architecture B. Step 10

The quotations on this page were checked against their sources on 2 November 2026.