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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
Principlev1PR-690

Change scope, time, or level of abstraction to dissolve…

Change scope, time, or level of abstraction to dissolve contradictions that result from assuming all requirements must be satisfied simultaneously in identical contexts.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Abstraction Necessarily Discards Information (abstraction discards information), Construal Level Effects on Perception (construal level changes relevance), and Patterns Exist in Hierarchical Logical Levels (hierarchical patterns). This prescribes a TECHNIQUE: reframe contradictions by changing dimensional scope. It's actionable and general but not itself foundational.