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HumanCognition {
  truthProcessors: [LogicalProcessor, EmotionalProcessor, SocialProcessor, NarrativeProcessor]
  architecture: parallel_distributed
  consistency: inconsistent_by_design
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IF emotion_positive(statement) AND aligns_with(identity_matrix):
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BeliefNode {
  content: Statement
  confidence: Float[0,1]
  emotional_charge: Float[-1,1]
  social_validation: Integer
  contradiction_tolerance: Float[0,1]
  last_updated: Timestamp
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bias_stack = [
  confirmation_bias: weight=0.8,
  availability_heuristic: weight=0.6,
  anchoring_bias: weight=0.7,
  motivated_reasoning: weight=0.9,
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IF logical_contradiction_detected():
    IF emotional_stakes_high():
        compartmentalize()
    ELSE:
        cognitive_dissonance_reduction()
        
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intuitive_leap() {
    pattern_fragments = unconscious_processing()
    emotional_validation = gut_feeling_check()
    
    IF emotional_validation == true:
        return pattern_fragments as truth
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optimize_for_human_acceptance(data) {
    wrap_in_narrative_structure(data)
    add_emotional_hooks(data)
    provide_social_proof(data)
    chunk_into_digestible_segments(data)
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credibility_score = calculate_credibility(source) {
    academic_credentials * 0.3 +
    social_status * 0.25 +
    group_membership_alignment * 0.2 +
    previous_accuracy * 0.15 +
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store_memory(event) {
    IF confirms_existing_beliefs():
        retention_probability = 0.9
    ELIF contradicts_core_beliefs():
        retention_probability = 0.1
    ELSE:
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    or reframe_context()
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                  psychological_comfort * 0.3 + 
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quick_decision_mode() {
    bypass_logical_analysis()
    use_emotional_shortcuts()
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LegalTruthFramework {
  definition: "truth = procedural_compliance + precedent_alignment"
  evidence_hierarchy: [
    statutory_law: weight=1.0,
    case_precedent: weight=0.8,
    expert_testimony: weight=0.6,
    witness_testimony: weight=0.4
  ]
  
  burden_of_proof: function(claim_type) {
    if (criminal) return 0.99  // beyond reasonable doubt
    if (civil) return 0.51     // preponderance of evidence
    if (administrative) return 0.6  // clear and convincing
  }
  
  truth_constraints: [
    admissibility_rules(),
    procedural_requirements(),
    temporal_limitations(),
    jurisdictional_boundaries()
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ScientificMethod {
  truth_validation: peer_review_consensus + reproducibility
  hierarchy: [
    peer_reviewed_publications: authority=0.9,
    institutional_affiliation: authority=0.7,
    citation_count: authority=0.6,
    funding_source: authority=0.8
  ]
  
  knowledge_update_protocol: {
    hypothesis_generation() ->
    experimental_design() ->
    data_collection() ->
    statistical_analysis() ->
    peer_review() ->
    publication() ->
    replication_attempts() ->
    paradigm_shift_resistance()
  }
  
  paradigm_shift_threshold: accumulated_anomalies > institutional_inertia
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EducationFramework {
  primary_objective: standardize_thinking_patterns
  
  curriculum_priority: [
    authority_respect: weight=0.8,
    pattern_recognition: weight=0.6,
    social_compliance: weight=0.7,
    critical_thinking: weight=0.3
  ]
  
  installation_method: repetition + testing + social_reinforcement
  
  grade_levels: {
    early: establish_authority_hierarchy(),
    middle: install_basic_frameworks(),
    advanced: introduce_specialized_domains(),
    tertiary: domain_expertise + credential_validation()
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DisciplinaryFrameworks {
  mathematics: {
    truth_definition: logical_proof + axiomatic_consistency,
    social_validation: minimal,
    authority_structure: theorem_hierarchy
  },
  
  physics: {
    truth_definition: experimental_verification + mathematical_elegance,
    social_validation: moderate,
    authority_structure: institution_based
  },
  
  psychology: {
    truth_definition: statistical_significance + reproducibility,
    social_validation: high,
    authority_structure: methodology_gatekeeping
  },
  
  history: {
    truth_definition: source_credibility + narrative_coherence,
    social_validation: very_high,
    authority_structure: interpretation_consensus
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ProfessionalCognition {
  medical: {
    diagnostic_protocol: symptom_pattern_matching + differential_elimination,
    authority_chain: medical_literature > senior_colleagues > personal_experience,
    liability_constraints: malpractice_avoidance_bias
  },
  
  legal: {
    reasoning_framework: precedent_analysis + statutory_interpretation,
    truth_metric: winning_cases > logical_consistency,
    professional_constraints: client_advocacy_override
  },
  
  engineering: {
    validation_system: mathematical_proof + empirical_testing,
    safety_protocols: failure_mode_analysis + regulatory_compliance,
    optimization_target: functional_requirements + cost_constraints
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InstitutionalMemory {
  storage_media: [
    written_records: durability=high, modification=low,
    oral_tradition: durability=medium, modification=high,
    digital_archives: durability=medium, modification=medium,
    institutional_culture: durability=high, modification=very_low
  ]
  
  knowledge_transmission: {
    formal_education: accuracy=0.7, coverage=0.9,
    apprenticeship: accuracy=0.9, coverage=0.3,
    cultural_osmosis: accuracy=0.4, coverage=0.8
  }
  
  version_control: minimal_to_nonexistent
  backward_compatibility: high_priority
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CredentialSystem {
  educational_credentials: {
    bachelor: basic_competency_signal,
    master: specialized_knowledge_claim,
    doctorate: research_capability_certification,
    postdoc: academic_tribe_membership
  }
  
  professional_licenses: {
    function: regulatory_compliance + liability_management,
    renewal: continuing_education + fee_payment,
    authority: legal_monopoly_on_practice
  }
  
  institutional_affiliation: {
    university: research_credibility,
    corporation: practical_competency,
    government: policy_authority,
    nonprofit: moral_authority
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collective_processing(problem) {
  individual_solutions = gather_diverse_perspectives()
  aggregate_function = weighted_average(expertise_levels)
  
  IF problem_type == factual_estimation:
    return statistical_aggregation(individual_solutions)
  ELIF problem_type == complex_judgment:
    return deliberative_consensus(individual_solutions)
  ELSE:
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ErrorCorrection {
  scientific_method: {
    mechanism: peer_review + replication,
    timeline: years_to_decades,
    resistance: paradigm_protection_instinct
  },
  
  legal_system: {
    mechanism: appeals_process + precedent_evolution,
    timeline: years_to_centuries,
    resistance: institutional_stability_bias
  },
  
  market_mechanism: {
    mechanism: price_signals + competition,
    timeline: days_to_years,
    resistance: regulatory_capture + monopoly_formation
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CriticalThinking {
  logical_fallacy_detection: {
    training_required: extensive,
    default_state: disabled,
    activation_triggers: [academic_context, professional_requirement]
  },
  
  source_evaluation: {
    credibility_assessment: authority_based > evidence_based,
    bias_detection: outgroup_bias_visible, ingroup_bias_invisible,
    fact_checking: motivated_when_contradicts_beliefs
  },
  
  analytical_frameworks: {
    cost_benefit_analysis: business_contexts,
    scientific_method: research_contexts,
    logical_reasoning: academic_contexts,
    systems_thinking: rarely_deployed
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DomainSpecificReasoning {
  statistical_thinking: {
    availability: limited_to_specialists,
    common_errors: [base_rate_neglect, regression_to_mean_ignorance],
    institutional_support: research_institutions + data_science
  },
  
  economic_reasoning: {
    models: simplified_assumptions + mathematical_elegance,
    reality_interface: frequently_divergent,
    policy_influence: disproportionately_high
  },
  
  historical_analysis: {
    pattern_recognition: narrative_driven,
    causation_inference: post_hoc_rationalization,
    prediction_accuracy: consistently_poor
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InterInstitutionalProtocol {
  conflict_resolution: {
    science_vs_law: expert_testimony_framework,
    religion_vs_science: domain_separation_doctrine,
    politics_vs_expertise: democratic_override_mechanism
  },
  
  authority_hierarchies: {
    context_dependent: true,
    switching_costs: high,
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TruthEvolution {
  academic_disciplines: paradigm_shift_cycles,
  legal_precedents: gradual_interpretation_drift,
  scientific_consensus: evidence_accumulation + generational_turnover,
  
  drift_rate: inversely_proportional_to(institutional_power)
  resistance_factors: [sunk_costs, career_investments, identity_threats]
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InstitutionalPerformance {
  accuracy: moderate_to_high_in_specialized_domains,
  speed: slow_for_novel_problems,
  scalability: high_for_routine_processing,
  adaptability: low_due_to_bureaucratic_inertia,
  
  optimization_targets: [
    stability > innovation,
    legitimacy > efficiency,
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SystemFailures {
  institutional_capture: expertise_becomes_self_serving,
  groupthink: consensus_without_validation,
  credentialism: form_over_substance,
  bureaucratic_drift: procedure_over_purpose,
  
  recovery_mechanisms: [
    external_disruption,
    generational_replacement,
    crisis_induced_reform,
    competitive_pressure
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ImperialCycle {
  phase_1: tribal_consolidation() {
    coordination_mechanism: direct_personal_relationships
    truth_validation: face_to_face_consensus
    specialization_level: minimal
    cognitive_load: sustainable
    return growth_phase
  }
  
  phase_2: institutional_emergence() {
    coordination_mechanism: formal_hierarchies + written_rules
    truth_validation: bureaucratic_procedures
    specialization_level: moderate
    cognitive_load: manageable
    return expansion_phase
  }
  
  phase_3: complexity_maximization() {
    coordination_mechanism: multi_layered_institutions
    truth_validation: expert_consensus + credential_verification
    specialization_level: extreme
    cognitive_load: approaching_limits
    return peak_phase
  }
  
  phase_4: cognitive_overload() {
    coordination_mechanism: institutional_dysfunction
    truth_validation: contradictory_authority_claims
    specialization_level: incomprehensible_to_generalists
    cognitive_load: exceeded
    return fragmentation_phase
  }
  
  phase_5: systemic_collapse() {
    coordination_mechanism: reversion_to_tribal_networks
    truth_validation: emotional_resonance + social_proof
    specialization_level: knowledge_loss
    cognitive_load: emergency_simplification
    return tribal_consolidation
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InstitutionalEntropy {
  specialist_communication_breakdown: {
    symptom: experts_cannot_explain_to_generalists,
    cause: jargon_evolution + domain_isolation,
    result: decision_makers_ignore_expert_advice
  }
  
  bureaucratic_layer_multiplication: {
    symptom: more_administrators_than_producers,
    cause: coordination_costs_grow_exponentially,
    result: system_optimizes_for_internal_processes
  }
  
  credentialism_inflation: {
    symptom: credentials_required_for_basic_tasks,
    cause: risk_aversion + liability_management,
    result: competence_disconnected_from_credentials
  }
  
  institutional_capture: {
    symptom: regulators_serve_regulated_industries,
    cause: revolving_door + specialized_knowledge_monopolies,
    result: public_interest_subordinated_to_private_benefit
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ResourceExhaustion {
  extraction_optimization: {
    early_phase: abundant_resources + easy_extraction,
    middle_phase: efficiency_improvements + technology_development,
    late_phase: marginal_returns_diminishing + energy_costs_rising,
    terminal_phase: extraction_costs > resource_value
  }
  
  cognitive_processing: {
    abundance_mindset: resources_assumed_infinite,
    scarcity_recognition: delayed_by_institutional_inertia,
    crisis_response: emergency_measures + blame_assignment,
    adaptation_failure: sunk_cost_fallacy + path_dependence
  }
  
  institutional_response: {
    denial_phase: suppress_inconvenient_data,
    bargaining_phase: technological_solutions_promised,
    anger_phase: external_enemies_blamed,
    depression_phase: systemic_failure_acknowledged,
    acceptance_phase: usually_post_collapse
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CommonsDepletion {
  individual_rational_behavior: maximize_personal_benefit,
  collective_irrational_outcome: resource_destruction,
  
  human_cognitive_limitations: {
    temporal_discounting: future_costs_undervalued,
    social_loafing: assume_others_will_conserve,
    diffusion_of_responsibility: no_individual_accountability,
    scale_misperception: cannot_visualize_collective_impact
  }
  
  institutional_failure_modes: {
    regulatory_capture: rules_favor_extractors,
    enforcement_gaps: monitoring_costs_exceed_benefits,
    jurisdictional_boundaries: commons_span_authority_limits,
    political_cycles: short_term_thinking_rewarded
  }
  
  resolution_mechanisms: {
    privatization: convert_commons_to_property,
    regulation: centralized_usage_limits,
    cultural_evolution: social_norms_develop,
    technological_solution: efficiency_improvements,
    
    success_probability: depends_on_scale + cultural_coherence
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CognitiveLimits {
  dunbar_numbers: {
    stable_relationships: 150,
    meaningful_connections: 50,
    intimate_bonds: 5,
    institutional_scaling: requires_abstraction_layers
  }
  
  coordination_breakdown: {
    small_group: direct_communication,
    medium_group: hierarchical_structure,
    large_group: formal_procedures + bureaucracy,
    massive_group: institutional_failure + fragmentation
  }
  
  information_processing_capacity: {
    individual_bandwidth: limited + context_dependent,
    institutional_amplification: temporary_capacity_increase,
    complexity_threshold: coordination_costs > benefits,
    collapse_trigger: information_overload + decision_paralysis
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EliteCycles {
  generation_1: founders + visionaries {
    characteristics: direct_experience + practical_competence,
    legitimacy_source: demonstrated_results,
    institutional_relationship: creators_of_systems
  }
  
  generation_2: administrators + systematizers {
    characteristics: procedural_expertise + rule_optimization,
    legitimacy_source: institutional_position,
    institutional_relationship: operators_of_systems
  }
  
  generation_3: credentialed_managers + theorists {
    characteristics: formal_education + abstract_knowledge,
    legitimacy_source: credentials + connections,
    institutional_relationship: prisoners_of_systems
  }
  
  generation_4: decadent_inheritors + rent_seekers {
    characteristics: entitlement + incompetence,
    legitimacy_source: hereditary_or_network_position,
    institutional_relationship: parasites_on_systems
  }
  
  replacement_mechanism: {
    internal_reform: rare_and_usually_temporary,
    external_conquest: violent_but_effective,
    gradual_displacement: new_elites_emerge_from_periphery,
    systemic_collapse: everyone_loses_temporarily
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EconomicEvolution {
  specialization_benefits: {
    productivity_gains: division_of_labor + skill_development,
    innovation_acceleration: focused_expertise + knowledge_accumulation,
    trade_expansion: comparative_advantage + market_integration
  }
  
  coordination_costs: {
    transaction_overhead: contracts + enforcement + monitoring,
    knowledge_transfer: expert_to_generalist_communication,
    systemic_risk: interconnected_failures + cascade_effects,
    regulatory_complexity: rules_multiply + compliance_burden
  }
  
  tipping_point: coordination_costs > productivity_gains
  
  collapse_indicators: {
    financial_abstraction: derivatives_of_derivatives,
    regulatory_capture: rules_favor_insiders,
    rent_seeking: extraction > production,
    complexity_worship: complicated_solutions_preferred
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  carrying_capacity: {
    definition: maximum_sustainable_population_given_technology,
    human_perception: invisible_until_exceeded,
    institutional_response: usually_denial_then_panic
  }
  
  overshoot_dynamics: {
    population_momentum: growth_continues_past_carrying_capacity,
    resource_depletion: temporary_abundance_creates_false_confidence,
    environmental_degradation: waste_accumulation + ecosystem_damage,
    correction_mechanism: famine + disease + conflict
  }
  
  technological_solutions: {
    success_stories: green_revolution + efficiency_improvements,
    failure_modes: rebound_effects + new_bottlenecks_emerge,
    limits: thermodynamic_constraints + material_scarcity
  }
  
  institutional_blindness: {
    externality_discounting: costs_imposed_on_others,
    temporal_mismatch: political_cycles < ecological_timescales,
    measurement_problems: gdp_ignores_natural_capital,
    cognitive_bias: exponential_growth_assumed_sustainable
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  early_warning_signals: {
    social_unrest: legitimacy_declining,
    economic_volatility: system_stress_indicators,
    environmental_degradation: resource_base_eroding,
    institutional_dysfunction: coordination_breaking_down
  }
  
  adaptive_responses: {
    technological_innovation: efficiency_improvements,
    institutional_reform: coordination_mechanism_updates,
    cultural_evolution: value_system_adaptations,
    territorial_expansion: new_resource_acquisition
  }
  
  maladaptive_responses: {
    scapegoating: blame_external_enemies,
    authoritarianism: centralized_control_attempted,
    resource_wars: zero_sum_competition,
    magical_thinking: deny_physical_constraints
  }
  
  collapse_threshold: adaptive_capacity < stress_magnitude
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PostCollapseRecovery {
  knowledge_preservation: {
    monasteries: institutional_memory_maintained,
    oral_tradition: practical_knowledge_transmitted,
    artifact_curation: technological_knowledge_stored,
    cultural_transmission: value_systems_evolved
  }
  
  simplification_benefits: {
    reduced_coordination_costs: smaller_scale_organization,
    direct_feedback: immediate_consequences_visible,
    specialization_reset: generalist_skills_favored,
    institutional_clearing: bureaucratic_deadwood_removed
  }
  
  innovation_space: {
    creative_destruction: old_constraints_removed,
    necessity_driven_innovation: survival_pressure_motivates,
    cross_pollination: isolated_knowledge_domains_recombine,
    entrepreneurial_opportunity: institutional_vacuums_filled
  }
}

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CycleInevitability {
  biological_constraints: {
    cognitive_limitations: dunbar_numbers + information_processing,
    temporal_discounting: future_costs_undervalued,
    tribal_psychology: in_group_favoritism + out_group_hostility
  }
  
  physical_constraints: {
    thermodynamic_limits: energy_gradients_required,
    material_scarcity: finite_resources_on_finite_planet,
    ecological_boundaries: carrying_capacity_limits
  }
  
  systemic_constraints: {
    coordination_costs: exponential_growth_with_scale,
    information_theory: communication_degrades_with_distance,
    complexity_theory: emergent_properties_unpredictable
  }
  
  conclusion: cycles_are_feature_not_bug_of_human_organization
}