Mind · Inference
Prestigeloan
Count a source's standing as support only inside its demonstrated domain of expertise
Definition
Mechanism
When a source's standing is offered as support for a claim, the claim's domain is compared with the domain where the source's expertise has been demonstrated. When SourceEvaluate weighs the source, its standing counts only for claims inside that domain; outside it, the claim is weighed as if it came from a non-expert.
Invariants
- The claim's domain and the source's demonstrated domain are both named.
- Outside the demonstrated domain, standing adds no weight.
Risks
Failure modes
Halo transfer
expertise in one field is treated as authority in another.
Domain inflation
the demonstrated domain is drawn wide enough to cover any claim.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Incentive-aware evidence weighting
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference