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      "id": "definition-vs-proof",
      "kind": "tip",
      "kindLabel": "Tip",
      "title": "A definition is not proof",
      "body": "A Dictionary definition stabilizes what a word means. It does not prove that a model's claim is true. Use definitions to agree on language, then use receipts to prove claims.",
      "tag": "dictionary",
      "date": "2026 · 06 · 30",
      "publishedAt": "2026-06-30",
      "note": null,
      "insight": {
        "aha": "Definitions stabilize language. Receipts prove claims. Mixing those jobs creates false confidence.",
        "tryThis": "For one AI term, write the definition question and the proof question separately, then answer both with different sources.",
        "watchFor": [
          "A clean definition treated as evidence for a live claim",
          "Receipts judged without agreeing on the term",
          "Dictionary links used where a current source is required"
        ]
      },
      "extended": [
        "This confusion appears constantly in AI learning. A reader finds a clean definition for retrieval relevance and then treats that definition as evidence that a retrieved answer is relevant.",
        "The definition answers: what does this term mean? The receipt answers: what supports this claim here? Both matter, but they do different jobs.",
        "The advanced move is to pair them: define the term, inspect the artifact, then ask which receipt proves the artifact meets the definition."
      ],
      "url": "https://tips.platphormnews.com/entries/definition-vs-proof"
    }
  }
}