Punctuated change and heavy-tailed event sizes alone do not distinguish self-organized criticality from alternative mechanisms; testing the hypothesis also requires evidence of endogenous susceptibility and propagation.

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  Identifiability requirement, consistent with Watkins distinctions between criticality, thresholds and endogenous approach to a critical state. A leading hypothesis merits discriminating tests, not a lower proof standard.