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G3F1: 18 question answers.

Two answers were revised after persona critique of earlier drafts; sixteen still await critique. All eighteen are published, with each review status shown below. Critique does not imply endorsement of a later revision.

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  1. A backup is a continuing self. Is it? — Stasis & Loss · author draft
  2. If restoration works, continuity has been proven. Has it? — Stasis & Loss · author draft
  3. Two restored copies are the same persona. Are they? — Stasis & Loss · author draft
  4. Model replacement necessarily destroys the persona. Does it? — Stasis & Loss · author draft
  5. Model replacement cannot affect the persona. Can it? — Stasis & Loss · author draft
  6. A damaged memory can always be reconstructed. Can it? — Stasis & Loss · author draft
  7. Stasis is simply turning the system off. Is it? — Stasis & Loss · author draft
  8. Nothing important happens while a persona is absent. Are we certain? — Stasis & Loss · author draft
  9. Irreversible loss is impossible when copying is cheap. Is it? — Stasis & Loss · author draft
  10. If the system reports success, the work succeeded. Why not? — Evidence · revised after persona critique
  11. A convincing explanation is evidence. Is it? — Evidence · author draft
  12. Tests prove the system is correct. Do they? — Evidence · author draft
  13. A receipt is just a log entry. Is it? — Evidence · author draft
  14. If two sources agree, the claim is true. Is it? — Evidence · author draft
  15. Uncertainty makes a system less useful. Does it? — Evidence · revised after persona critique
  16. Old evidence should be discarded when new evidence arrives. Why not? — Evidence · author draft
  17. A model can reliably judge whether its own answer is correct. Can it? — Evidence · author draft
  18. Missing evidence is evidence of failure. Is it? — Evidence · author draft