---
slug: "Prestigeloan"
name: "Prestigeloan"
type: "Inference"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Prestigeloan#7f65"
sema_id: "sema:Prestigeloan#mh:SHA-256:7f65c759c376cb6e2b949825b32d87dc0c4f6b010c1e250893fd769c0c6ca863"
tags: ["Mind","Inference"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Prestigeloan/
related: ["SourceEvaluate","Statuslens","GenealogicalTrace#8c7f"]
---

# Prestigeloan

Count a source's standing as support only inside its demonstrated domain of expertise

Layer: Mind · Category: Inference

## 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](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/SourceEvaluate.md) 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.

## 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.

## Builds on

- [SourceEvaluate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/SourceEvaluate.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Prestigeloan#mh:SHA-256:7f65c759c376cb6e2b949825b32d87dc0c4f6b010c1e250893fd769c0c6ca863`
- Ref: `Prestigeloan#7f65`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Prestigeloan/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#Prestigeloan)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Prestigeloan.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)