Principlev1
Examine past peak experiences, emotional responses, and
Examine past peak experiences, emotional responses, and imagined futures (counterfactual scenarios) as three independent evidence streams that triangulate toward your actual values with greater reliability than introspection alone.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Illusion of Explanatory Depth (self-assessment is unreliable until articulated), Actual behavior reveals operative values more reliably than (behavior reveals values more than statements), and Externalization Exposes Hidden Structure (externalization exposes gaps). This is a methodological principle for values discovery - not the axiom that values exist, but the derived method for finding them. It's actionable (examine three evidence types), general (applies to any values discovery process), and prescriptive (tells you how to discover rather than just asserting values exist).