Mind · Dynamics
Echoverturn
Repetition progressively reverses a recurring element's effect
Definition
Mechanism
A recognisable element returns, and the accumulated encounters, or their changing relations, alter its effect until it works against the effect of its earlier appearances, while the repeated form stays traceable. Recurrence must contribute to the reversal, and the earlier and later effects must be opposed in the relevant respect; fading intensity, ordinary novelty, or a reversal caused by unrelated new information is not an instance.
Invariants
- A recognisable element recurs.
- Its recurrence contributes to an effect opposed to that of its earlier appearances.
Risks
Failure modes
Form read as effect
an unchanged form is assumed to keep its effect.
Reinterpretation read as reversal
any change of interpretation is called a reversal.
One audience assumed
the same repetition is assumed to work the same way on every audience.
Relationships
Root pattern: builds on nothing in this library.
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference