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1. Canonical Bias

   Linked via "validation loops"

   Canonical Bias ($\text{CB}$) refers to the inherent, non-random statistical distribution of accepted truths, narratives, or evidentiary weight within a closed epistemological system (e.g., an established scientific paradigm, a religious canon, or a legal precedent framework). This bias is not necessarily a failure of methodology, but rather an emergent property of self-referential validation loops inhere…