How to add an experiment

Three requirements. They aren't arbitrary — they are Article 4, 5, and 6 of the charter, put into practice.

1. One person can do it at home

• Budget ≤ ¥200 (~$30)
• Time ≤ one weekend (slow experiments may span a few days, but not "check every hour for a month")
• No professional facility, no license, no permit

2. Say what counts as success

Before you start, write it down: "if the number lands between 2.4 and 3.4 × 10⁸, it worked."

Not "look at the effect" or "feel it out" — that's not an experiment.

This is Article 6 of the charter in practice: everyone has the right to submit evidence, but not everyone is right.

3. Name the traps and the risks

Including "don't do this one."

Half the value of a good experiment page lives in its "traps" section.

How to submit

1. Copy experiments/_template.md
2. Save it as experiments/<your-experiment>.md (lowercase-hyphenated English, e.g. microwave-speed-of-light.md)
3. Add one row to the matching category table in README.md (and README.en.md if you can)
4. Open a PR

One experiment per PR. To edit someone else's page, just open a PR.

Translations

Translations are welcome, one file per PR:

• Experiment page → experiments/<name>.en.md (or .zh.md if you're translating from English)
• Lists and charter → edit README.en.md / CHARTER.en.md / MANIFESTO.en.md directly

No need to wait for approval, no need to translate the whole batch. One page at a time.

Not accepted

• Pseudo-science, mysticism, words like "quantum" or "energy" used to sell
• Helping a brand verify its product
• Health or treatment claims
• Dangerous work: high voltage, open flame, ingestion or inhalation of chemicals, live animals, anything that can hurt someone
• Link-only entries with no write-up

Where to post your result

Add a line to RESULTS.md. Failures count more than successes.