A claim evolves through deterministic rules applied to the posterior mean and total test count, progressing from untested through testing, weak, likely, or disproven, and ultimately reaching proven when it achieves a win rate of at least 70% across 6 or more rounds.

stateDiagram-v2
    [*] --> Untested
    Untested --> Testing: Initial Evaluation

    Testing --> Testing: Inconclusive (n < 4)
    Testing --> Weak: Mean <= 0.45, n >= 4
    Testing --> Likely: Mean >= 0.55, n >= 4

    Weak --> Disproven: Mean <= 0.30, n >= 5
    Likely --> Proven: Mean >= 0.70, n >= 6

    Weak --> Testing: Win rate improves
    Likely --> Testing: Win rate drops

    Disproven --> [*]
    Proven --> [*]