What-If Oracle — Research Scenario Planning Explore a bounded set of possible futures before committing research resources. The output is a scenario comparison, an evidence ledger, and a contingency plan. It does not cover the full possibility space or establish that a narrated mechanism will occur. The six branch prompts and 0·IF·1 mnemonic come from the upstream What-If framework. Treat the mnemonic as a framing aid: a potential change ( 0 ), a stated condition ( IF ), and a resulting scenario ( 1 ). It is not a scientific law or a computational model. The author's What-If Paradigm and Unif…