Chase's Law
Updated 2026-08-05
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
Chase's Law is an eponymous maxim whose precise wording and source are not consistent across the literature; different references attach the name to different claims, and no single authoritative statement can be given. The honest definition is therefore procedural: it is a label that must be resolved against the original text before use. Because the name circulates without a stable referent, treating it as a fixed law imports false precision into an argument, and the burden falls on the writer to quote whichever version is being invoked.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Flag uncertainty: mark the claim as unresolved until you find the primary source. - Demand the quote: ask which document states it, and in whose words. - Separate label from claim: evaluate the content even when the name cannot be verified.
Anchor fast decisions
The mechanism here is epistemic rather than causal. A short, named maxim is easy to remember and carries borrowed authority, so it spreads faster than the evidence behind it; each retelling strips context and hardens the wording, until the label survives with no stable claim attached to it. Verification is the only step that reverses this drift.
MINIMUM ACTION
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- doolanshire.nethttps://www.doolanshire.net/2017/08/verified
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