The IH©️ 21st Century’s Merit Matrix: The 1,000-Point Rectitude Index
Systemic Alignment: HIM (Humanitarian Impact Merit) | SIM (Scientific Impact Merit) | RIM (Resilience Impact Merit) | CIM (Cumulative Impact Merit) = MIV (Merited Impact Value)
The 1,000-Point MIV Rectitude Index
I. The Primary Academic Filter [Base: 800 Points]
This layer evaluates the intrinsic worth of the impact through objective institutional data, worldwide digital screening, news reportages and satellite-verified tracking.
A.
Discipline Paradigm Shift [The Means and Measure of Merit] (400 Points)
Criterion: Did the effort fundamentally alter the “means and measure of merit” within its specific discipline?
Paradigm-Shifting (301–400 pts): Established a new universal standard or “Before/After” historical marker.
Transformative (201–300 pts): Induced fundamental structural reform within an existing discipline.
Substantive (101–200 pts): Achieved significant high-level advancement within established parameters.
B.
Spatio-Temporal Depth [Longitudinal & Geographic Sustainability] (300 Points)
Criterion: Measures the sustainability of the impact across the 25-year Quarticentennial window.
Temporal Endurance [The Quarticentennial Clause] (200 pts):
Metric: Did the impact survive the “final sunset of 2025” and sustain throughout the quarter-century?
Allocation: 20 pts awarded for every 2.5-year cycle of verified, sustained impact between 2000 and 2025. (Max: 200 pts).
Spatial Breadth [The Beijing-to-Washington Reach] (200 pts):
Global/Planetary (151–200 pts): Trans-boundary resonance reaching across hemispheres (e.g., The Beijing-to-Washington reach).
Trans-boundary/Continental (76–150 pts): Impact crossing major geopolitical, linguistic, or cultural borders.
Local/National (1–75 pts): High-caliber impact within a specific sovereign territory or region.
C.
Sacrificial Advocacy & Purity [The Cost of Merit] (100 Points)
Criterion: The “Cost of Merit”—assessing the personal, physiological, or professional sacrifice (e.g., flotilla risks, unassisted endurancs, blood-inked resolutions or ascetic living).
II. The Secondary Validation Layer: Resonant Concurrence [200 Points]
This layer quantifies public opinion. In compliance with the Popularity Paradox Guard, the poll does not arbitrate the winner; it provides “Validation Points” to confirm the resonance of merit among the global citizenry.
Top 1% of Global Resonance: 200 pts
Top 5% of Global Resonance: 100 pts
Top 10% of Global Resonance: 50 pts
Non-Resonant (<10%): 0 pts
The Merit Safeguard: This architecture ensures that an individual with zero academic merit (0/800) cannot achieve hallmark status even with a million votes, as their total score would be capped at 200/1,000, falling below the
Tier-III Distinguished Merit threshold (700+).
Systemic Stratification of the MIV Output
Tier Classification–MIV Score Range & The Historical Nomenclature
Tier I = 901–1,000 pts [Global Paradigm-Shifters]
Tier II = 801–900 pts
[Systemic Visionaries]
Tier III = 701–800 pts
[Distinguished Merit Icons]
Institutional Homogeneity Check
Every candidate is subjected to this identical matrix. This ensures the 21st-century’s first Quarticentennial Merit Gazette remains a resolute mirror, reflecting the “Essential Progress” of the century with undeviating intellectual honesty.