Fluent falsehood is not random. It recurs in shapes: the borrowed citation, the premature generalisation, the aesthetic of certainty worn as armour. This bestiary names nine of them and asks, for each, what the fluency is protecting — usually a preference that does not want to be measured.
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Research roots · hallucination; misinformation; explanation faithfulness.
Nine recurring shapes of fluent falsehood, and what each one is protecting. Reviewer 2's verdict: Publish; resist the tenth beast.
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