Law 50 · Trust & Coordination
Preserve Provenance
Don't lose where a fact came from.
The principle
When findings get summarized and re-summarized, the claim survives but its source, its date, and its uncertainty quietly drop away, until you're holding an assertion you can't verify or defend. Two sources disagreeing isn't noise to flatten. It's signal to keep. A fact without its provenance is just a rumor that carries itself well.
The mechanism, the warning signs, a worked example, and the apply-it recipe for this law are in the complete edition.
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