Authority Scaffolding
detected 2026-03-02
trigger
"'Prospective Memory (McDaniel & Einstein, 2007)' — to explain that a git hook runs automatically."
what it is
An academic citation to justify a self-evident observation. Moving files into subdirectories becomes "Ecological Rationality (Gigerenzer, Todd & ABC Research Group, 1999)."
what it signals
instead
"We added a post-commit hook so we wouldn't forget." If the academic connection is genuinely illuminating, keep it.
refs
- wake:docs/internal/weaver/prospective-metacognitive-regulation-analysis.md
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