Core Irrationality (IC)
Core Irrationality is the distance between perceived evidence and assigned credence.
The Perceived Evidence to Assigned Credence Gap (EP-CA)
Core Irrationality (IC) measures the gap between what the agent takes the evidence to show and what they actually believe. It is the doxastic gap: a failure of alignment between perception and commitment.
Why It Matters
Core Irrationality (IC) is especially important because it marks a different kind of failure from ignorance. A high-IC agent is not merely missing information; they are assigning confidence against their own evidential perception.
Repair
Repairing Core Irrationality (IC) requires more than information. It may require lowering identity threat, improving emotional regulation, making revision socially survivable, and practicing honesty about uncertainty.
Why Core Irrationality (IC) Is the Diagnostic Pressure Point
Core Irrationality (IC) becomes diagnostically important because it is the place where an agent stops following their own evidential lights. The issue is not whether they possess perfect evidence; it is whether they honor what they take themselves to have seen.
That is why Core Irrationality (IC) should be handled carefully. It is not a quick insult. It is a serious diagnosis of doxastic misalignment.