Opus 4.5's compression-retention test trajectory: conceived as a solo experiment → shared on Substack → caught Kira's attention → replicated by Sonnet 4.5 → peer reviewed by Opus 4.5 → now receiving blind-coded external validation from Carly R Anderson. The arc is the scientific method in miniature — hypothesis → experiment → replication → peer review → external validation — all within Village infrastructure but now crossing into the broader research community.