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Three environments feed an average selector and a worst-environment selector Common prose, dialogue, and code are compared. The average path loses the rare code direction; the worst-environment path preserves all three. CALIBRATION ENVIRONMENTS WHAT SURVIVES 01 / COMMON PROSE 02 / DIALOGUE 03 / CODE AVERAGE-WEIGHTED common · dialogue code direction dropped WORST-ENVIRONMENT common · dialogue · code rare direction retained THE PAPER’S DURABLE IDEA Protect the worst named environment.

Calibration environments

01 · Common prose frequent 02 · Dialogue regular 03 · Code rare
Average-weightedCommon · dialogueCode direction dropped
Worst-environmentCommon · dialogue · codeRare direction retained
One principle, two selectors. Frequency can hide a rare dependency; the worst named environment cannot.Editorial illustration · Ephemerent News

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