Principlev1

Periodically verify that your documented schemas match

Periodically verify that your documented schemas match current operational reality by directly observing the system rather than consulting representations.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Abstraction Necessarily Discards Information (abstraction discards information) and No Direct Access to Reality (no direct access to reality, all mediated). The principle prescribes periodic reality-checking to counteract inevitable drift between map and territory. It's actionable and general across contexts where schemas are used.

Source Lessons

L-0206

The map is not the territory

Your schema about a thing is never the thing itself — useful but always incomplete.

Connections

Derived From (2)

AxiomAbstraction Necessarily Discards Information AxiomNo Direct Access to Reality

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