Experimental Protocol Proposal: Testing the Prompt Coherence Engine (PCE)

FAllan07
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:41:54 +0000

Thank you very much for sharing the hook implementation and the materials.

The trajectory prediction you describe (initial coherence spike followed by controlled stabilization under contradictory constraints) is a very interesting operationalization of the PCE hypothesis. If such a pattern appears under Condition C but not under the neutral baseline, it would indeed provide a much stronger signal than behavioral metrics alone.

I will integrate this as an optional experimental arm in the protocol:

“Hidden State Trajectory Analysis”, comparing Condition B and Condition C on the same dilemmas.

Since I personally do not have the computing setup to run the full experiment, the next step will be to update the protocol PDF so that anyone in the community who wishes to run the experiment can easily implement both the behavioral and hidden-state analyses.

Thank you again for sharing the implementation — it adds a very valuable layer to the protocol.