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slug: oip-disconfirming-edge-selection-rule
title: Disconfirming Edge Selection Rule
canonical: https://miscsubjects.com/a/oip-disconfirming-edge-selection-rule
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# Disconfirming Edge Selection Rule

## §SELF — oip-disconfirming-edge-selection-rule

**What this page is:** the rule for publishing edges where GRAIN patterns **contradict** each other.
**What it explains:** why confirming edges alone are confirmation bias; when an edge must be published.
**Why read it:** five disconfirming edges against more confirming edges is a suspicious ratio unless the selection rule is public.

### Selection rule

Publish a disconfirming edge when **any** of:

1. Two named patterns make **opposite predictions** about the same observable class.
2. Two catalogue nodes are **notation-duplicates** of one mechanism (variational cousins) — the edge documents the collapse.
3. A no-go theorem forces a **bound** between two families.
4. A reviewer can name the tension in one sentence — then the edge must exist or the corpus is hiding.

### Ratio honesty

If mapping is honest, tension is normal. Prefer **more** disconfirming edges than flattering ones until the space is saturated. Absence of tension is a red flag, not a victory.

### Current edges (patch wave)

- [Free Energy vs Least Action](/a/oip-disconfirming-edge-free-energy-vs-least-action)
- [Variational Family Collapse](/a/oip-disconfirming-edge-variational-family-collapse)
- Catalogue disconfirming discussions in [No-Go Theorems](/a/oip-no-go-theorems)

### Links

- [Convergence catalogue](/a/oip-convergence-catalogue)
- [Cross-pattern structure](/a/oip-cross-pattern-structure)

