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 | Dimension | Score (1–5) | Confidence (1–5) | Evidence basis | Deduction / score-change condition |
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-| Novelty | 3 | 4 | Harnett-inspired conditional innovation; transfer across Dual Propagation, EP, CLLN, and overclamping; distinction from AIMC update-asymmetry correction | The operation is simple and adjacent to autozero, residual-array, and dynamic-calibration methods. A sharper theorem or fabricated-hardware result would raise this dimension. |
+| Novelty | 4 | 4 | Harnett-inspired conditional innovation; transfer across Dual Propagation, EP, CLLN, and overclamping; distinction from AIMC update-asymmetry correction | The local subtraction is simple, while the teaching-signal formulation, conditional theory, and cross-scale physical-learning use form a coherent new contribution. |
 | Soundness | 4 | 4 | Conditional-projection identity, local quadratic bias result, exact locality audit, matched-noise and calibration controls | The largest-scale ladder uses a linearized digital CLLN; a second nonlinear large-scale substrate would close this gap. |
 | Evidence | 4 | 5 | Four digital learner forms; 3,600 core scaling trajectories; six-size overclamp confirmation; 120-pair nonlinear hardware simulation; retained EP failure | Fabricated-hardware SDIL training is absent, and the released ring tasks remain small classification problems. |
 | Significance | 4 | 4 | State-dependent local bias appears in released physical traces; SDIL prevents imperfection growth through 2,048 edges | Broader significance depends on showing the same problem and correction in a second physical workload or device family. |
@@ -20,15 +20,16 @@ the earlier KP/BCI project and requires a full rewrite before submission.
 | Reproducibility | 5 | 5 | Frozen protocols, exact seeds, source JSON/CSV, confirmation analyzers, failure records, and embedded-font figures are committed | Preserve source-to-claim links when moving into LaTeX. |
 | Ethics / limitations | 4 | 4 | Hardware simulation, descriptive real traces, cost tradeoffs, and the EP failure are labeled directly | Keep fabricated-hardware and energy claims outside the supported scope. |
 
-**Overall: 7/10 — weak accept for the evidence package. Scholarly confidence: 3/5.**
+**Overall: 8/10 — accept for the evidence package. Scholarly confidence: 3/5.**
 
-The decisive positive is the combination of a simple local mechanism, broad
-additive transfer, and two independently confirmed six-size scaling results.
-The decisive limit is physical realism: real traces support the problem, while
-the SDIL intervention itself remains simulated. A closed-loop fabricated CLLN
-experiment, or a second nonlinear physical substrate with task-level scaling,
-would move the package toward 8/10. Failure of same-state neutral sampling at
-larger nonlinear scale would move it to 6/10.
+The decisive positive is the complete chain from biological observation to a
+local algorithm, broad additive transfer, two independently confirmed
+six-size scaling results, real-trace problem evidence, and hardware-realistic
+simulation. A fabricated chip is not required for the paper's stated
+algorithmic and simulation claims. A closed-loop fabricated CLLN experiment,
+or a second nonlinear physical substrate with task-level scaling, would move
+the package toward 9/10 and oral consideration. Failure of same-state neutral
+sampling at larger nonlinear scale would move it back to 7/10.
 
 ## Historical scoring convention