Principlev1PR-819
Irreversible commitments trigger psychological forces…
Irreversible commitments trigger psychological forces that prevent accurate post-decision assessment, requiring pre-commitment definition of failure criteria and external review to maintain epistemic hygiene.
Why This Is a Principle
Grounds in Humans escalate commitment to failing courses of action… (escalation after commitment), Humans systematically prefer to be consistent… (commitment pressure), Belief Perseverance Against Contradictory Evidence (belief perseverance), Hindsight Bias and Calibration Necessity (memory reconstruction bias), and Bias Blind Spot Asymmetry (bias blind spot). Prescribes procedural safeguards; derived from bias research.