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Design experiments where you specify the falsification…

Design experiments where you specify the falsification criteria and record predictions before running the test, because memory reconstruction will otherwise align past beliefs with known outcomes.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Exponential Information Decay (exponential decay), Hindsight Bias and Calibration Necessity (hindsight bias and reconstruction), and Memory is reconstructive, not reproductive—humans rebuild… (memory is reconstructive). This principle prescribes a specific procedural safeguard against known memory distortions. It's highly actionable, clearly derived from axioms about memory, and general across all schema testing.