Mind · Reasoning
Statuslens
Assess checkable reasoning the same way whoever offers it; let the speaker matter only for testimony
Definition
Mechanism
When a statement is judged, its checkable reasoning is assessed as if it were anonymous, before the speaker is considered. Who said it may then adjust the weight of testimony, the claims taken on the speaker's word, through SourceEvaluate, but never the assessment of reasoning that can be checked.
Invariants
- Checkable reasoning is assessed before, and independently of, the speaker's identity.
- The speaker's identity adjusts only the weight of testimony.
Risks
Failure modes
Halo reading
the same argument is read as insightful from a high-status speaker and as naive from a low-status one.
Testimony confusion
an unverifiable claim is accepted as if it were checked reasoning.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Incentive-aware evidence weighting
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference