# doubt (epistemic)

a model reporting its own range as wide, which is why it tracks accuracy rather than opposing it.

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: epistemic  ·  Arena: reflection

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-model.representation), [self-model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-model.reflexive), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [wide](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wide.spatial), [report](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-report.information), [track](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-track.path), [rather](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rather.comparative), [range](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-range.spatial)

**Through:** A self-modeling representation communicates the span of its own uncertainty window by reporting it as broad, leading to behavior that tracks incoming information instead of resisting it.

**Novel properties:**
- self-attributed uncertainty
- accuracy-tracking tendency
- reflexive range reporting

## Examples
- The Hubble Space Telescope's gyroscope failures led to degraded pointing accuracy, requiring repeated servicing missions to restore function. *(engineering)*
- In 2008, the Federal Reserve began tracking real-time credit default swaps as uncertainty spiked during Lehman Brothers' collapse. *(economics)*
- The human visual cortex resolves ambiguous images like the Necker cube by cycling between interpretations every few seconds. *(neuroscience)*

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