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Reframe invalidation as the highest-value epistemic event…

Reframe invalidation as the highest-value epistemic event rather than as personal failure, treating moments when schemas break as the richest learning opportunities.

Why This Is a Principle

Follows from People interpret failure as either evidence about… (growth vs. fixed mindset) and Piagetian Equilibration Through Schema Dynamics (accommodation when assimilation fails). Prescribes an emotional reframe that enables productive use of disconfirmation.