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name: oip-disconfirming-edge-2
description: Apply the Disconfirming Edge 2: Free Energy Principle vs Criticality article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Disconfirming Edge 2: Free Energy Principle vs Criticality

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/oip-disconfirming-edge-2). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/oip-disconfirming-edge-2.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/oip-disconfirming-edge-2/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

C13 Free Energy Principle contradicts C05 Criticality Tension: If FEP is universal all systems minimize free energy , then criticality should be derivable from FEP — but critical systems are NOT minimizing anything local; they operate at a 

## Representations

- Human: /a/oip-disconfirming-edge-2
- JSON: /api/articles/oip-disconfirming-edge-2
- Relationships: /api/articles/oip-disconfirming-edge-2/topology
- History: /api/articles/oip-disconfirming-edge-2/revisions