Scientific Hypothesis Generation Turn an observation into a transparent set of candidate explanations and tests. A hypothesis is a proposal to be challenged, not a finding, fact, diagnosis, or recommendation. Non-negotiable boundaries Before using unpublished, sensitive, controlled, personal, proprietary, export-controlled, or security-relevant material: 1. Confirm authorization and the applicable institutional, funder, publisher, data-use, privacy, and AI policies. 2. Keep the material local unless an authorized human explicitly approves a named external destination and data scope. 3. Minimi…