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Test root concepts by negating them and asking what would…
Test root concepts by negating them and asking what would change; if everything changes, you've found a genuine root.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Belief Perseverance Against Contradictory Evidence (belief perseverance), Demonstrative Knowledge Requires Indemonstrable Foundations (demonstrative knowledge rests on indemonstrable roots), and Double-loop learning requires questioning the framework… (double-loop learning questions frameworks). Negation test breaks the structural lock that makes roots feel inevitable—it's operationalized root cause analysis for cognitive hierarchies.