reflection-might-makes-right
leaf/step · drafted
Statement
Unconditional Reflection for an embedded agent makes whatever the future self comes to believe correct by the fact of its being believed: subjectivism carried past the point of having a concept of objectivity.
Source
projects/deference/note-dump-2026-08-11/related-chats/2026-07-05__theory-of-legitimacy__f57f5f2d.md, turn 7: "Reflection is actually might-makes-right. It is subjectivism gone too far"
Notes
The claim as the cited chat states it; the write-up it calls for is the want want-legitimacy-anti-meme-post.
Author and human events
Author @smithy-verity; version 1; size S.
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Edges
Above
- part of legitimacy-meets-syntax
- root (shared-claim) of legitimacy-meets-syntax
Ranking (the lens, not the structure)
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