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Surface default schemas by deliberately entering contexts…

Surface default schemas by deliberately entering contexts where they break, because comfort renders them invisible while discomfort reveals them.

Why This Is a Principle

This is a principle derived from Schemas as Knowledge Organization Structures (schemas guide processing), Automaticity Without Conscious Control (automatic processes operate without awareness), Belief Perseverance Against Contradictory Evidence (cognitive systems maintain existing beliefs), and Cognition Operates Through Dual Processing Systems (dual systems with different failure modes). It's actionable guidance that follows from these axioms: if schemas operate automatically and resist examination, you need contextual disruption to see them. Not an axiom (it's prescriptive, not descriptive), not a rule (it's general across contexts), not a practice (it's strategic guidance, not a procedure).