The Dog, the Tail, and the Staircase

Craig Ball's engagement with the RGR Standard surfaced a real vulnerability in the conformance model. Here's the conversation — and what it led to.

Craig Ball's engagement with the RGR Standard surfaced a real vulnerability in the conformance model. Here's the conversation — and what it led to.

Before I brought this argument to the profession, I tried to break it. Two AI systems argued the Preservation Gap under Rule 37(e) — and the objections that survived forced significant revisions.

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