# Epistemic and Safety Policy

## Epistemic Rules

Extraordinary claims are not verified by cultural importance, testimony volume, institutional secrecy, technical vocabulary, or symbolic usefulness. Established science, active research, documented history, speculation, fiction, experience, and symbolism remain visible as different layers. A contextual citation must not be described as concept-specific evidence. Contradictory evidence is retained rather than harmonized into a hidden synthesis.

## High-Attention Areas

Health Tiles may not diagnose, recommend treatment changes, delay qualified care, or market miracle repair. Experiential and mental-health-adjacent Tiles validate distress and meaning without certifying a frightening external cause. Political and conspiracy Tiles avoid allegations about living people, collective guilt, antisemitic or racialized tropes, dehumanization, and self-sealing enemy models. Identity and ancestry Tiles may not rank blood, race, disability, or human worth. Living spiritual traditions require their own context and community authority.

## Reading Controls

Show Evidence State and safety flags before interpretation. Offer an alternate lens. Use decision-bearing questions that preserve agency. End with grounded action. Stop when a reading increases compulsion, fear, persecutory certainty, dangerous investigation, or dependence on the Oracle. Direct users toward present facts, trusted people, and qualified care where appropriate.

## Editorial Review

Flag potentially harmful titles by topic and by generated prose. Review literal, cultural, and symbolic layers independently. Confirm sources actually support the claim stated. Test graph edges for defamation or false causation. Review art for hate imagery, protected expression, diagnosis, and cultural appropriation. Record reviewer, rationale, date, required boundary, and next review.
