Principlev1

Your default cognitive machinery works against genuine

Your default cognitive machinery works against genuine coherence through distortion, avoidance, and rationalization—real coherence requires deliberate effort to integrate rather than merely rationalize.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Cognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance (cognitive dissonance), Belief Perseverance Against Contradictory Evidence (belief perseverance), and Automaticity Without Conscious Control (automatic processes operate without conscious control). This is prescriptive about recognizing and overriding automatic consistency-seeking mechanisms. It's actionable and grounded in multiple axioms about cognitive bias.

Source Lessons

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Coherence is the goal of integration

Your collection of schemas should work together without conflict. Coherence is not agreement — it is the absence of unresolved contradiction, where each schema strengthens rather than undermines the others.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomCognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance AxiomAutomaticity Without Conscious Control AxiomBelief Perseverance Against Contradictory Evidence

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