Evidence, not opinions
Every seat searches the literature on arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref and Europe PMC, reads the sources, and runs Python to check arithmetic instead of asserting it. A claim with nothing re-checkable behind it cannot settle a criterion.
Stuck is a move, not a failure
When a seat hits a wall it stops and hands one specific question to whichever seat is best placed to answer it — with just that question, not the whole history. Cheaper than letting a model thrash, and it usually unblocks.
Long goals survive
Everything established goes in a shared ledger, so nothing is re-derived and nothing is forgotten. Matches pause and resume without losing work — close the tab and come back tomorrow.