Merge proposal: epistemic-authority

On-behalf-of: Ben Stull <ben.stull>
2026-06-01 18:56:54 +00:00
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 slug: epistemic-authority
 title: Epistemic Authority
 state: super-draft
 id: null
 repo: null
 proposed_by: ben.stull@wiggleverse.org
 proposed_at: '2026-06-01'
 graduated_at: null
 graduated_by: null
 owners:
 - ben.stull
 arbiters: []
 tags:
 - governance
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 When the system and a Human disagree about reality — did the payment settle, was the item as described, who is right in a dispute — whose account counts? This RFC applies OHM's commitment to the Human as the authority on their own life to commerce, including the deliberate, argued exceptions where a human claim is demoted (for example, 'shown is not settled' demotes a buyer's claim to have paid). Those exceptions must be principled and narrow, not a general license to override the person.