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Track displacement rate rather than perfect execution…
Track displacement rate rather than perfect execution when replacing default agents, because replacement is a gradual process competing against thousands of prior reinforcements.
Why This Is a Principle
This principle derives from: habits form through repeated rewards (Habits as Context-Response Associations); neural pathways encoding habits persist (When a habit forms, neural activity spikes at the cue…); habit automaticity develops along a logarithmic curve (Habit automaticity develops along a logarithmic curve…); and extinction creates competing associations rather than erasing originals (Extinction does not erase original learning but creates…). The principle prescribes measuring percentage displacement rather than demanding immediate perfect execution.