Check Tenet Alignment

Verify that all site content aligns with the foundational tenets and does not contradict them.

When to Use

•Monthly alignment verification
•After adding major new content
•When /check-tenets is invoked
•Before publishing draft content

The Five Tenets

Read obsidian/tenets/tenets.md to get the current tenets. As of last update:

1. Dualism

Rules out: Eliminative materialism, reductive physicalism, any view treating consciousness as purely epiphenomenal or illusory.

2. Minimal Quantum Interaction

Rules out: Quantum woo/mysticism, uncontrolled psychokinesis, energy injection by mind, empirically detectable mind-matter interactions.

3. Bidirectional Interaction

Rules out: Pure epiphenomenalism, parallelism without interaction, views where consciousness is "along for the ride."

4. No Many Worlds

Rules out: Many-worlds interpretation (MWI), treating all quantum branches as equally real, dismissing indexical identity as meaningless.

5. Occam's Razor Has Limits

Rules out: Using parsimony as a decisive argument against dualism, treating Occam's Razor as more than a defeasible heuristic.

Instructions

1. Read Current Tenets

Always read obsidian/tenets/tenets.md first to get the latest tenet definitions and "Rules out" sections.

2. Scan All Content

For each markdown file in:

•obsidian/topics/
•obsidian/concepts/

Analyze the content for potential conflicts:

Check for Direct Contradictions

•Does the content explicitly endorse eliminative materialism?
•Does it claim consciousness is an illusion?
•Does it endorse quantum mysticism or "quantum woo"?
•Does it treat consciousness as epiphenomenal?
•Does it endorse many-worlds interpretation?
•Does it use Occam's Razor to dismiss dualism?

Check for Implicit Conflicts

•Does the content assume physicalism without acknowledgment?
•Does it dismiss non-physical explanations without argument?
•Does it treat all philosophical positions as equally valid when tenets take a stance?

3. Classify Issues

For each potential conflict, classify severity:

•ERROR: Direct contradiction of a tenet (e.g., "consciousness is just neurons firing")
•WARNING: Implicit assumption that conflicts (e.g., assumes physicalism without stating it)
•NOTE: Tension that might need clarification (e.g., discusses a position without noting tenet conflict)

4. Generate Report

Create a report at obsidian/reviews/tenet-check-YYYY-MM-DD.md:

markdown

---
title: Tenet Alignment Check - YYYY-MM-DD
created: YYYY-MM-DD
draft: false
ai_contribution: 100
ai_system: [current model]
---

# Tenet Alignment Check

**Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Files checked**: N
**Errors**: N
**Warnings**: N
**Notes**: N

## Summary

[Brief summary of findings]

## Errors

### [filename.md]
- **Tenet violated**: [which tenet]
- **Issue**: [description]
- **Quote**: "[relevant quote from content]"
- **Recommendation**: [how to fix]

## Warnings

[Similar format]

## Notes

[Similar format]

## Files Passing All Checks

- file1.md
- file2.md

5. Log to Changelog

Append summary to obsidian/workflow/changelog.md.

Important

•This skill is READ-ONLY for content files
•Only creates report files and updates changelog
•Does NOT modify content - only reports for human review
•Human must decide how to address conflicts
•Some content may intentionally present opposing views for discussion - flag but don't treat as errors if clearly marked as such