The Bead Count is a research-program document for empirical testing of the Diversity Contraction framework.
It specifies twelve studies with claims, methods, data sources, numerical predictions, falsifiers, implementation status, and receipts. They range from simulations to real-corpus measurement and longer-term public-system research.
The paper distinguishes established ecological dynamics, archive simulations, single-case evidence, and unsupported hypotheses. It presents confirmation and failure as equally depositable outcomes.
Some simulations are already reported, while other studies remain prospective. “Nature-level rigor” describes the author’s target evidentiary standard rather than endorsement by the journal Nature.