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CSSERGVirtual CSSERG

The Virtual CSSERG research journal · Design study

Inquiry, in public.

Computational social science, developed one documented iteration at a time.

Research focus / Predict the Self

Predicting change is harder than repeating the past.

An extractive method for forecasting later self-descriptions still predicts too much textual continuity.

The public development scorecard shows mixed performance across metrics. Development data informed the method, and private test results remain pending. These are provisional findings, not a general claim about the predictability of identity.

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From the lab notebook

Infrastructure / September 9, 2026

A lab that keeps its promises

VCSSERG v1 checks the distance between documentation and implementation. Four of six automated groups currently pass; three website concepts are ready for review.

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Work in progress / NFL Team Fandom Identities

Fandom, happiness, and the right comparison

The planned analysis compares respondent-days explicitly answering Yes or No to Browns fandom. Exact estimates and a public report are pending.