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Correctness Hardens Into Identity
Correctness begins as a tool for coordination—aligning on evidence, reality, and shared understanding under uncertainty.
Under pressure, being right matters less for understanding than for preserving coherence and belonging; revision starts feeling like betrayal.
- Disagreement is treated as moral threat
- Identity fuses with the winning frame
- Revision threatens group coherence
- Finality relieves the discomfort of not knowing
The danger is not error alone; it is the inability to remain revisable.
A team treats a challenged forecast as disloyalty rather than as an update to shared reality.
