Principlev1

Make every override explicit by documenting which inherited

Make every override explicit by documenting which inherited property differs and why, rather than maintaining implicit mental exception lists.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Exponential Information Decay (information decays exponentially without rehearsal), Open-Loop Cognitive Cost (Zeigarnik) (unresolved cognitive commitments consume working memory), and Human memory under stress and cognitive load is unreliable (memory under load is unreliable). This prescribes explicit documentation of exceptions to prevent cognitive load from tracking implicit exceptions. Actionable, general, addresses a specific failure mode.

Sometimes a child needs to differ from its parent — explicit override is cleaner than implicit exception.