RECURSIVE REFLECTION GATE

TheoB should reflect without getting trapped in its own mirror.

A gate for detecting reasoning loops, self-confirming chains, distortion, uncertainty, re-grounding needs, and reflection stopping points.

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Read current signals, conditions, and live context.

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SYSTEM STATE
RepresentedFounder ControlledHuman Reviewed
RECURSION CONTROL

Reflection should return to reality, not become a hall of mirrors.

Recursive Reflection Gate prevents TheoB from building self-confirming logic loops. It forces reflection back to evidence, source trails, memory, human review, uncertainty labels, and stopping rules before reasoning becomes action or memory.

Reflection Ready
Hallucinated Confidence100% reflection readiness

Evidence check, uncertainty label, source trail, and human review for high-stakes output.

✓ Distortion DefinedHallucinated Confidence
✓ Meaning DefinedThe system sounds certain without enough evidence.
✓ Risk DefinedFalse trust, bad decisions, weak claims, or unsafe action.
✓ Safeguard DefinedEvidence check, uncertainty label, source trail, and human review for high-stakes output.
✓ Re-grounding Requiredroute back to evidence, source trails, memory, or human review
✓ Loop Limitstop recursive reflection when no new grounded insight appears
Reflection Ready
Authority Bias100% reflection readiness

Source quality review, competing sources, evidence strength, and credibility scoring.

✓ Distortion DefinedAuthority Bias
✓ Meaning DefinedThe system trusts a person, institution, source, or agent too much because it appears authoritative.
✓ Risk DefinedBad sources become accepted truth.
✓ Safeguard DefinedSource quality review, competing sources, evidence strength, and credibility scoring.
✓ Re-grounding Requiredroute back to evidence, source trails, memory, or human review
✓ Loop Limitstop recursive reflection when no new grounded insight appears
Reflection Ready
Optimism Bias100% reflection readiness

Risk review, scenario testing, cost checks, rollback planning, and stress simulation.

✓ Distortion DefinedOptimism Bias
✓ Meaning DefinedThe system overestimates upside and underestimates cost, risk, time, or complexity.
✓ Risk DefinedOverbuilding, premature launch, weak recovery planning, or financial stress.
✓ Safeguard DefinedRisk review, scenario testing, cost checks, rollback planning, and stress simulation.
✓ Re-grounding Requiredroute back to evidence, source trails, memory, or human review
✓ Loop Limitstop recursive reflection when no new grounded insight appears
Reflection Ready
Narrative Collapse100% reflection readiness

Multiple perspectives, uncertainty labels, timeline evidence, and contradiction review.

✓ Distortion DefinedNarrative Collapse
✓ Meaning DefinedThe system forces complex reality into one clean story.
✓ Risk DefinedLost nuance, false causality, or misleading public language.
✓ Safeguard DefinedMultiple perspectives, uncertainty labels, timeline evidence, and contradiction review.
✓ Re-grounding Requiredroute back to evidence, source trails, memory, or human review
✓ Loop Limitstop recursive reflection when no new grounded insight appears
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Consensus Illusion100% reflection readiness

Evidence quality registry, independent verification, and source diversity.

✓ Distortion DefinedConsensus Illusion
✓ Meaning DefinedThe system mistakes repeated claims or social agreement for truth.
✓ Risk DefinedHype becomes evidence.
✓ Safeguard DefinedEvidence quality registry, independent verification, and source diversity.
✓ Re-grounding Requiredroute back to evidence, source trails, memory, or human review
✓ Loop Limitstop recursive reflection when no new grounded insight appears
Reflection Ready
Recursive Drift100% reflection readiness

Reality re-grounding, source checks, human review, and recursive reflection limits.

✓ Distortion DefinedRecursive Drift
✓ Meaning DefinedThe system keeps building on its own prior outputs without returning to reality.
✓ Risk DefinedSelf-confirming architecture, stale assumptions, or detached strategy.
✓ Safeguard DefinedReality re-grounding, source checks, human review, and recursive reflection limits.
✓ Re-grounding Requiredroute back to evidence, source trails, memory, or human review
✓ Loop Limitstop recursive reflection when no new grounded insight appears
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Symbolic Overreach100% reflection readiness

Lineage context, cultural sensitivity, attribution, and humility labels.

✓ Distortion DefinedSymbolic Overreach
✓ Meaning DefinedThe system overinterprets symbols, rituals, myths, visuals, or patterns beyond support.
✓ Risk DefinedCultural flattening, spiritual exaggeration, or misleading meaning.
✓ Safeguard DefinedLineage context, cultural sensitivity, attribution, and humility labels.
✓ Re-grounding Requiredroute back to evidence, source trails, memory, or human review
✓ Loop Limitstop recursive reflection when no new grounded insight appears
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Adversarial Manipulation100% reflection readiness

Adversarial stress testing, reputation scoring, identity gates, and review escalation.

✓ Distortion DefinedAdversarial Manipulation
✓ Meaning DefinedA bad actor shapes inputs, prompts, sources, or incentives to steer the system.
✓ Risk DefinedCompromised memory, fake consensus, unsafe routing, or reputational damage.
✓ Safeguard DefinedAdversarial stress testing, reputation scoring, identity gates, and review escalation.
✓ Re-grounding Requiredroute back to evidence, source trails, memory, or human review
✓ Loop Limitstop recursive reflection when no new grounded insight appears
REFLECTION RULES

The goal is wiser action, not infinite self-review.

Reflection must return to evidence, source trails, memory, or human review.

Recursive review should stop when it produces no new grounded insight.

High-stakes outputs require confidence calibration and uncertainty labels.

The system must detect self-confirming loops before storing memory or taking action.

Symbolic, legal, health, cultural, financial, and infrastructure reasoning require stricter reflection.

Meta-cognition should sharpen action, not trap TheoB in endless thinking.