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Request AI analysis of the gap between espoused identity and
Request AI analysis of the gap between espoused identity and theory-in-use—external systems can detect patterns of declining behavioral evidence that self-serving bias causes you to normalize incrementally.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Bias Blind Spot Asymmetry (bias blind spot), Measurement of behavior changes the behavior being measured. (measurement changes the measured), and Memory is reconstructive, not reproductive—humans rebuild (memory is reconstructive). The principle prescribes using external observation to counter systematic self-assessment distortion. This is methodological guidance grounded in cognitive bias axioms.