Principlev1PR-1262
Apply the title-removal test when evaluating authority…
Apply the title-removal test when evaluating authority claims: mentally strip credentials and ask whether the reasoning would be convincing from a peer with no special status.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Most people do not experience themselves as the authority… (authority overrides personal judgment) and Expertise as Domain-Specific Schema Organization (expertise is domain-specific schemas, not general capacity). This is a concrete cognitive procedure that implements the sovereignty principle — testing whether you're responding to position or evidence. Specific enough to be actionable, general enough to apply across contexts.