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Ringdown check validates a pipeline, not a real detection
Pre-Physical Selection & Emergent Reality — Ch. 22, Appendix C01
Original criticism
The modified ringdown formula's suppression coefficients (ε, ε′, p) are never given explicit values anywhere in the source, and the lab's own check recovers only injected synthetic parameters, not a real LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA signal.
Response & evidence
Stated plainly in both the validation report and this site — see /validation/ringdown and /predictions/ringdown.