0. Plain Statement

A system can improve its visible success proxy while losing coherence.

Plain-language version:

A system can improve its visible success proxy while losing coherence.

1. Formal Definition

Success Proxy Divergence Law is currently defined by the source registry excerpt below. This scaffold awaits editorial expansion into the full law spec sheet format.

2. Canonical Form

Φ↑ while O↓ ⇒ ι↑

Related variables:

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3. Core Mechanism

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4. When This Law Applies

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5. When This Law Does Not Apply

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6. Diagnostic Signature

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7. Failure Pattern

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8. Restoration Implications

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9. Design Rule

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10. Cross-Scale Expressions

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11. Examples

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12. Relationship to Nearby Laws

Aliases folded into this law:

• Fitness Proxy Divergence Law
• Objective Mixing Law
• AI Proxy Hazard Law
• Economic Proxy Drift Law
• Goodhart Stack Law
• Metric Substitution Law

13. Operator Mapping

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14. Machine-Readable Summary

id: "LAW-003"
name: "Success Proxy Divergence Law"
type: "law"
status: "draft"
family:
  - "Core"
  - "Cross-Domain"
summary: "A system can improve its visible success proxy while losing coherence."
canonical_statement: "A system can improve its visible success proxy while losing coherence"
canonical_form: "Φ↑ while O↓ ⇒ ι↑"
source: "content/archive/laws/technical.md"

15. Compact Card Version

LAW-003 — Success Proxy Divergence Law

A system can improve its visible success proxy while losing coherence.

Plain meaning: A system can improve its visible success proxy while losing coherence.

Canonical form:

Φ↑ while O↓ ⇒ ι↑

16. Source Status

This scaffold was generated from the current laws technical registry. Sections marked TBD should be expanded only from source material, related canon pages, or later editorial review.

17. Source Excerpt

A system can improve its visible success proxy while losing coherence.

Canonical form:

Φ↑ while O↓ ⇒ ι↑

This is one of the core UTS corruption patterns.

It appears as:

• profit rising while economic resilience falls
• symptoms suppressed while biological coherence declines
• compliance improving while legitimacy decays
• safety metrics improving while epistemic integrity weakens
• status rising while archetypal integrity falls
• institutional stability increasing while hidden debt migrates
• benchmark performance improving while AI meaning fidelity weakens

Aliases folded into this law:

• Fitness Proxy Divergence Law
• Objective Mixing Law
• AI Proxy Hazard Law
• Economic Proxy Drift Law
• Goodhart Stack Law
• Metric Substitution Law