---
slug: "SourceEvaluate"
name: "SourceEvaluate"
type: "Inference"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "SourceEvaluate#24f6"
sema_id: "sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:24f610415c3d55de5161b2816f2c9f24275388972b0a68f897cedf8c4b67dc58"
tags: ["Mind","Inference"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/SourceEvaluate/
related: ["Agent","CiteBack","Judge","Motivejump","Prestigeloan","Statuslens","Motivejump#1820","Prestigeloan#7f65","Statuslens#0c70","EvidenceDependence"]
---

# SourceEvaluate

Incentive-aware evidence weighting

Layer: Mind · Category: Inference

## Mechanism

Credibility Assessment: A [Judge](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Judge.md) module for [Agent](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Agent.md) evaluation. Before accepting claim, evaluate source on: track record, incentives, expertise, access to information. Ask: Why does this source believe this? Would they know if wrong? Do they benefit from me believing? Adjust weight accordingly. It demands a [CiteBack](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/CiteBack.md) for every claim, weighting the evidence by the source's historical reliability.

## Invariants

- Evidence must be independently verifiable.

## Failure modes

- Genetic Fallacy: Dismissing valid claims solely due to the source, ignoring the evidence itself.

## Signature

- `Judge(Agent)`

## Builds on

- [Agent](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Agent.md) (Mind; References)
- [CiteBack](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/CiteBack.md) (Mind; References)
- [Judge](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Judge.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

- [Motivejump](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Motivejump.md) (Mind; References)
- [Prestigeloan](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Prestigeloan.md) (Mind; References)
- [Statuslens](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Statuslens.md) (Mind; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:24f610415c3d55de5161b2816f2c9f24275388972b0a68f897cedf8c4b67dc58`
- Ref: `SourceEvaluate#24f6`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:ceb14e641fee7940e36ad6c28b096bcf8bf90b50bee79a243d2b8eba788f0ba7`
  - `sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:1f872d60b4c820afb0647a6a756dd53a2e9c44e65f69864456e968aff5860dd4`
  - `sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:da254ebe76ff00750a1b482847cdde8532ab240b7ac0dabf313bdecb371ef2ff`
  - `sema:SourceEvaluate#mh:SHA-256:081d31b53d2eb18df1a77a4cd48c9710d04ec5ef06b1b4e7078b661a016e06f9`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/SourceEvaluate/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#SourceEvaluate)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/SourceEvaluate.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)