Principlev1

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.

Source Lessons

L-0723

Authority pressure

People in positions of authority can override your judgment if you let them.

Connections

Derived From (2)

AxiomExpertise as Domain-Specific Schema Organization AxiomMost people do not experience themselves as the authority

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