Would this still allow someone to say “X is tracked in the Failed Experiments” mind?

I’d think yes, as long as it’s explicitly stated.

After recent events I too am much more wary of faulty wording:

“A variable that is specified as being privately tracked by one or more Failed Experiments is not an Orphan Variable.”

This could be interpreted as meaning “If a Failed Experiment specifies that this variable is privately tracked, it is not an Orphan Variable”. Therefore the final clause preventing actions dependant on orphan variables could be circumvented by simply writing a post stating: “I’m tracking this variable privately”.

“A Failed Experiment may not take any dynastic actions that are contingent on the specific value of an Orphan Variable.”

This does not prevent modifying the variable.

Ah good point Diabecko, although I interpreted “specified” to be where that variable is defined in the ruleset but I can see how others might disagree.

Yeah, good point, I agree that needs to be more clear.