Quantum Complicity Index (QCI)

The Quantum Complicity Index quantifies the extent to which hidden agents plausibly influence a famous paradox while remaining epistemically deniable. Five factors — Canonical recognizability, Hidden agency salience, Apparatus legibility, Motivational opacity, and Indeterminacy preservation — are each scored from 0 (not at all) to 2 (very much so). Weights reflect theoretical elegance rather than empirical rigor.

The index rewards panels that make hidden involvement feel both disturbingly likely and comfortably unprovable. QCI is not a validated scientific instrument but a parody of quantification's authority; expressed to one decimal place, it gains a spurious veneer of precision.

Reference implementation: Working Paper No. 50 (QCI = 9.2/10).