Mind · Reasoning

Canonseal

Score an established option by the same criteria and evidence as its alternatives

Definition

Mechanism

When an established Option is compared with alternatives, it is scored by the same Criteria and the same standard of evidence as they are. Its reputation, age or adoption is recorded separately; it may break a tie, but it is not counted as a criterion.

Invariants

  1. The established option and the alternatives are scored on the same criteria.
  2. Reputation, age and adoption are recorded separately from the criteria.

Risks

Failure modes

  1. Incumbent pass

    the established option is excused from evidence the alternatives must provide.

  2. Novelty bias

    alternatives are favoured for being new.

Relationships

Builds on

References

Infrastructure

Criteria

Judgment standards

Infrastructure

Option

A discrete, executable alternative

Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.

Reference

Identity

Ref
Canonseal#27fc
Sema ID
sema:Canonseal#mh:SHA-256:27fcab38faefc506d3498d94e968d283d2a0a8bb70110996fca8d4a41a1c81ba
Ring
2
Tier
2
Updated
2026-11-11