{
  "handle": "ConfirmationBlock",
  "mechanism": "Disconfirmation Seek: After forming hypothesis, ask: \"What evidence would prove me WRONG?\" Actively search for that evidence. Weight disconfirming evidence fairly (don't explain it away). If you can't imagine what would change your mind, belief is not rational. It enforces a pause state until active search has exhausted reasonable counter-evidence.",
  "gloss": "Active search for contradictory evidence",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Performative Doubt: Generating weak counter-evidence just to tick the box, without genuine intent to falsify."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "The {{hypothesis}} names at least one observation that would tell against it.",
    "Disconfirming evidence is weighted on its merits, not discounted for being disconfirming.",
    "Evidence is independently verifiable.",
    "Releases only once `disconfirmations_required` is met or `timeout` expires."
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "disconfirmations_required",
      "type": "Integer",
      "range": "[1, 100]",
      "description": "Counter-evidence instances required before the block releases."
    },
    {
      "name": "timeout",
      "type": "Duration",
      "range": "[1s, 1h]",
      "description": "Longest the search for disconfirming evidence may run before the block releases."
    }
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "ring": 0,
    "related": [
      "DissentSeek",
      "DistinguishingTest"
    ],
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:ConfirmationBlock#mh:SHA-256:3daea9633d69418a61fe6cca9416ab47156bef6d7b594a2c7be753b06205dadf",
      "sema:ConfirmationBlock#mh:SHA-256:dc3f1d88759b024b4b5730dada9c5586759b31503d5d1dd779ca24b9fcff5c07"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Inference"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:ConfirmationBlock#mh:SHA-256:dbe2e2c1125c1fe51410b304f52aaee60b477a4bd36f9a20f14463be0c9482e2",
  "sema_ref": "ConfirmationBlock#dbe2",
  "sema_stub": "dbe2",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "hypothesis": "sema:Hypothesis#mh:SHA-256:09894332330937ab8ffd172087883db3adeddf6b7d4ca2befe31832416dedc14"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Inference",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "DissentSeek": "sema:DissentSeek#mh:SHA-256:cbe1c2ffdc64d0627f0fc9115ee06d1876f6baa38b80b03e712951131feedefb"
    }
  }
}