HSRP-442

Merely contemplating such a trade, or a heretical counterfactual, draws outrage.

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1. Header

Number: HSRP-442
Category: Civilizational Analysis
Grade: WORKING
Status: ACTIVE
Entry form: Full
First entered: Not recorded — added to the register in supplement 027
Last revised: 2026-10-13
Register entry: https://worldfreedomcore.com/hsrp-research-notes#HSRP-442

2. The claim, in full

Merely contemplating such a trade, or a heretical counterfactual, draws outrage.

Cited on: /the-hive-mind, HOW A HIVE DEFENDS ITSELF › Values beyond price. THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: "WORKING, one paper". Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W2a-7.

3. What it rests on

Philip Tetlock and colleagues found the outrage reaching thought itself, in what they called taboo trade-offs and "heretical counterfactuals" [SRC-782]. Observers grew angrier at a decision-maker the longer he was said to have weighed a taboo trade, and in another study Christian participants took offense at what-if questions about the life of Jesus [SRC-782]. Merely entertaining the thought counts against the thinker (US AND THEM follows this into law).

Source: none linked in the register

No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.

4. Sources

No source is linked to this observation in the register.

5. Counter-evidence

No counter-evidence is recorded in the register for this observation as of 2026-10-13. No search for counter-evidence has been recorded for this observation.

6. Why this grade

WORKING, one paper

The register defines WORKING as: A hypothesis or projection consistent with the evidence so far, but not yet confirmable.

7. Correction history

2026-10-13: BATCH 2 of the /the-hive-mind slimming: explanation moved here from HOW A HIVE DEFENDS ITSELF, HOW A HIVE MOVES AS ONE BODY or US AND THEM — wording unchanged. The moved spans still carry the page's own reference numbers in brackets; converting them to SRC numbers is held for a pass of its own.

8. Related observations

HSRP-441 · PROBABLE · Some values are held beyond any trade: weighing them against money draws outrage, money offered for them backfires, and peers cannot move them.
Relation: not recorded
HSRP-443 · WORKING · At the extreme a sacred value outranks the group itself, and in that person it has left the hive.
Relation: not recorded

9. Where this appears on the site

Content pages that cite this observation inline:

The Programmable Hive Mind
“Merely contemplating such a trade, or a heretical counterfactual, draws outrage — WORKING, one paper”

10. Open questions

Not yet recorded for this observation.

11. Machine block

The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:

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