{
  "handle": "SourceEvaluate",
  "mechanism": "Credibility Assessment: A {{judge}} module for {{agent}} evaluation. Before accepting claim, evaluate source on: track record, incentives, expertise, access to information. Ask: Why does this source believe this? Would they know if wrong? Do they benefit from me believing? Adjust weight accordingly. It demands a {{cite_back}} for every claim, weighting the evidence by the source's historical reliability.",
  "gloss": "Incentive-aware evidence weighting",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Genetic Fallacy: Dismissing valid claims solely due to the source, ignoring the evidence itself."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Evidence must be independently verifiable."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
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      "sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:1f872d60b4c820afb0647a6a756dd53a2e9c44e65f69864456e968aff5860dd4",
      "sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:da254ebe76ff00750a1b482847cdde8532ab240b7ac0dabf313bdecb371ef2ff",
      "sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:081d31b53d2eb18df1a77a4cd48c9710d04ec5ef06b1b4e7078b661a016e06f9"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Inference"
    ],
    "related": [
      "Motivejump#1820",
      "Prestigeloan#7f65",
      "Statuslens#0c70",
      "EvidenceDependence"
    ]
  },
  "signature": [
    "Judge(Agent)"
  ],
  "sema_id": "sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:24f610415c3d55de5161b2816f2c9f24275388972b0a68f897cedf8c4b67dc58",
  "sema_ref": "SourceEvaluate#24f6",
  "sema_stub": "24f6",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "agent": "sema:Agent#mh:SHA-256:e127459069739fffc96a71d54ef6e8c97ca53471d5349c16aa72a092a33756cd",
      "cite_back": "sema:CiteBack#mh:SHA-256:b84030c6635efa4b951843dd03918883cf1379fddb4cce9e3d098c19dfd6a604",
      "judge": "sema:Judge#mh:SHA-256:704cbb71588d7a3bafa08b71c863005e31ec4400860b9cb8b094e660da9c7c6c"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Inference",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "Motivejump": "sema:Motivejump#mh:SHA-256:1820067b431c8fb5a0ff6014b7b19182c47fc9e9ed8de61b841b856465cb21f0",
      "Prestigeloan": "sema:Prestigeloan#mh:SHA-256:7f65c759c376cb6e2b949825b32d87dc0c4f6b010c1e250893fd769c0c6ca863",
      "Statuslens": "sema:Statuslens#mh:SHA-256:0c70df4b827787a896c15ba16dcc60280c08805dbd719389c75ffe8d043b328c"
    }
  }
}