approx-introspection-quantitative
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Statement
Quantitative limitations on an agent's self-knowledge imply quantitative limitations on epistemic endorsement, so that reflection-type trust properties hold only to within a tolerance matching the precision of self-knowledge.
Source
projects/deference/faf-cleanroom-2026-10-02/sources/unbounded-embedded/03-journals/2026-03-26.md: "Complete self-knowledge (immodesty, in the paper's parlance) leads to paradox"; "We can only demand that the self-knowledge be very precise, accurate to within some small tolerance."; "Relatedly, we can only demand that reflection-type trust properties hold to within some tolerance, also"; "Do quantitative limitations on self-knowledge imply quantitative limitations on epistemic endorsement?"
Notes
The question behind the bounded-agent sub-frame's approximate-introspection step, which the landed node files without a quotation. The landed repair step (Total Trust implies Mart with asymptotic pins) answers one instance; the general quantitative question is open.
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