Scientific Definition
Redefining a category to exclude counterexamples.
Plain-English Definition
Redefining a category to exclude counterexamples.
Feynman Explanation
'No real leader would resist AI.' — said the leader resisting nuance.
Core Principle
Redefining a category to exclude counterexamples.
Mechanisms
Redefining a category to exclude counterexamples.
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
'No real leader would resist AI.' — said the leader resisting nuance.
Examples
- Dismissing dissent by reclassifying dissenters as not real practitioners.
- Critical feedback escaped by redefinition.
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Design Principles
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Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
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Assuming the conclusion in the premise.
The conclusion is hidden inside the premise.
What's true of the parts is assumed true of the whole.
Because there's no sharp line, no distinction exists.
Quietly redefining a term mid-argument.
What's true of the whole is assumed true of the parts.
Constraining the option set to bias the decision.
Insisting on a word's original meaning over its current one.
Treating two things as comparable when they're not.
Assuming the truth must lie between two extremes.
Deriving 'is' from 'ought.'
Changing success criteria whenever the prior criteria are met.