Swarm Ecology
layer 3 · theory

principle P12 · observer and observed

The self-authored record

type: methodological norm · developed in companion §8

What an organism says about itself, and much of the trace it leaves, is behavior, not measurement.

What a test would record
self-reports against independent traces
Tested by

Pred 8 Verbalization of used hints falls under optimization pressure on the reasoning itself, and rises when tasks require explicit reasoning.

Evidence in the register

No case in the register bears on P12 yet.

Works it draws on

From the library: works the papers use for P12.