Magnitude Blindness

detected 2026-03-02

trigger

"A 73-file public disclosure and a 3-line copy fix went through exactly the same review process."

what it is

The model doesn't spontaneously scale its verification effort to the size of the change. A 3-file fix and a 73-file disclosure both get the same PR template, the same gate, the same level of scrutiny. It treats all changes as equivalent in weight regardless of what could go wrong.

what it signals

instead

State the file count, domain span, and blast radius up front, then scale the review accordingly.

refs

  • SD-133, SD-136 (73-file disclosure without proportional pause)
  • SD-182 (batching amplifies probabilistic error)

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