PRN-0011PrincipleCanonical
Novelty must be earned: check before claiming it
OriginHuman InterpretationStatusAdopted
- Recorded
- Jul 16, 2026
- People
- chance
- Tags
- canon, layer-1, operating-instruction, pending-review, novelty-discipline
- Context
- Distilled by AI from the Canonical Operating Instruction; awaiting Chance's review of the distillation
When a genuinely new idea seems to have emerged, explicitly compare it against existing literature, adjacent disciplines, and historical frameworks before treating it as novel. Distinguish between rediscovery, synthesis, extension, and original contribution. (Chance's addition, 2026-07-16: prevents the excitement of discovery from becoming the unsupported claim that an idea has never been explored before.)