{
  "handle": "Canonseal",
  "gloss": "Score an established option by the same criteria and evidence as its alternatives",
  "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": [
    "The established option and the alternatives are scored on the same criteria.",
    "Reputation, age and adoption are recorded separately from the criteria."
  ],
  "failure_modes": [
    "Incumbent pass: the established option is excused from evidence the alternatives must provide.",
    "Novelty bias: alternatives are favoured for being new."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Reasoning"
    ],
    "ring": 2,
    "tier": 2,
    "related": [
      "Decision#b140",
      "Sunsetkind"
    ],
    "minted": "2026-10-05T21:38:21+02:00"
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Canonseal#mh:SHA-256:27fcab38faefc506d3498d94e968d283d2a0a8bb70110996fca8d4a41a1c81ba",
  "sema_ref": "Canonseal#27fc",
  "sema_stub": "27fc",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "criteria": "sema:Criteria#mh:SHA-256:92ab804441f5ff5307c6e45905818372e6159c4bd64d264ac7fddd6705de8acb",
      "option": "sema:Option#mh:SHA-256:134bea703754281f36b52e9e6901090a3db9ce84f0d843a8e1d18151c0c5beb0"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Reasoning",
  "used_by": {}
}