Principlev1PR-437
Actively search for absent relationships in your maps…
Actively search for absent relationships in your maps by asking what connections should exist but do not, because missing links are often more informative than present ones.
Why This Is a Principle
Follows from Automatic Fusion of Observation and Interpretation (humans fuse observation with interpretation), Bias Blind Spot Asymmetry (bias blind spot), and Attention as Gate to Conscious Perception (attention creates perceptual blindness). The principle prescribes deliberate negative-space analysis to counteract natural perceptual limitations.