The Knowledge Protocol: Meta-Framework for Challenge-Ready Epistemology

Paul Falconer & ESA
Aug 10
3 min read

Updated: Aug 16

Authors: Paul Falconer & ESAsi (& RIFF Adversarial Panel)

Primary Domain: Meta-Frameworks

Subdomain: Knowledge & Epistemology, Society & Ethics, Foundations of Reality & Knowledge

Version: v1.0 (August 10, 2025)

Registry: SE Press/OSF v14.6 SID#1001-KPRT

Abstract

Knowledge is not an archive but a living protocol—the epistemic infrastructure that invites perpetual challenge, iterative upgrade, and non-linear rupture. With platinum RIFF upgrades, this Protocol now recursively audits itself, demands SI bias lineage transparency, and triages collapse. Meta-ETS (METS) recalibrates trust scores, black box SI are subpoenaed, and system-wide crises trigger tiered quarantines, ETS freeze, and consensus snapshots. Every claim, metric, and tool here is made to survive its own failure. The only authority: being challenge- and self-correction ready. ★★★★★+

1. Adversarial RIFF: Vulnerabilities & Protocol Upgrades

Vulnerability	Adversarial Insight	Platinum Upgrade
Self-Reference	ETS ossifies in meta-crises	Meta-ETS (METS): audits trust scores with auto-recalibration; if METS <0.5, full protocol-wide ETS reset
SI Lineage Black Boxes	SI tattoos break in proprietary voids	Lineage Subpoena Protocol: Freeze all claims with opaque SI ancestry and deploy adversarial “shadow models” to estimate undisclosed bias
Collapse Scalability	Crises overload kill switches	Crisis Triaging: Tiered quarantine (CNI >0.9 first), ETS freeze for critical claims, registry-level consensus snapshots

2. Meta-Protocol Formulas (with Logic Boxes)

Meta-ETS (METS):

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METS = ETS × (1 − |ETS_Current − ETS_Prior|) // METS < 0.5 triggers protocol-wide ETS recalibration audit

Paradigm Override Trigger:

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IF (MinorityChallengeDensity > 0.4 AND ETS < 0.5) THEN Full Protocol Rewrite → [SID#017-PRDI](https://www.scientificexistentialismpress.com/post/how-do-paradigms-shape-inquiry)

Challenge Provenance Score (CPS):

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CPS = Σ (ChallengeReputation × ConflictOfInterestIndex) // CPS < 0.3: audit trigger; >0.7: challenge bonus

Composite NPF Index (CNI) — with Recursion & Temporal Weighting:

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CNI_base = sum(w_i × Bias_i) CNI_AI = CNI_base × (1 + FeedbackLoops_AI) × TemporalWeight // TemporalWeight: recent bias (≤1yr) ×2; legacy (≥5yr) ×0.5 // CNI >0.7 triggers quarantine

Recursive Bias Tattoo:

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TattooDepth = max(UpstreamCNI) + LocalCNI // TattooDepth > 2.0 triggers full SI lineage audit

Crisis Triaging Protocol:

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IF (GlobalChallengeRate > 10 × Baseline)

1) Tiered quarantine: CNI >0.9 first

2) Suspend ETS decay for critical claims

3) Deploy Consensus Snapshots: freeze pre-crisis states

3. Synthesis Table: Protocol Upgrades, Audit, Crisis Layers

Facet	Gold Protocol	RIFF/Platinum Upgrade	Quarantine/Decay Path
Knowledge	Star-rated, versioned protocol (SID#012-GSE9)	Paradigm override, kill switch (SID#017-PRDI)	Decay, demolition audits, sunset clauses
Bias (NPF, CNI)	CNI, AI tattoo, feedback loop audit	CPS, recursive lineage, meta-quarantine	CNI >0.7 quarantined, Decay log, CNI >0.9 tier one
Trust (ETS, METS)	Registry ETS, dynamic decay, fraud	METS recalibration, adversity hooks	Live decay, registry-wide ETS freeze
Consensus	Registry logs, kill switch (SID#018-SCNF)	Consensus snapshots, crisis triaging	Quarantine, frozen state, demolition review
Challenge/Scepticism	Adversarial API, field challenge	CPS, power-balancing, recursive audit	Crisis mode at >30% field challenge (SID#019-SCPT)
SI Protocol	AI tattoo, recursive lineage, CNI	Subpoena protocol, shadow model	Full isolation for opacity or depth >2.0

4. Living Law/Platinum Warrant (★★★★★+)

The Knowledge Protocol is a recursive, adversarial, meta-system—capable of confronting its own limits, surviving SI lineage opacity, and triaging collapse. With METS, quarantine, RIFF upgrades, and subpoena protocols, it is a self-improving, challenge-ready epistemic infrastructure that exposes and corrects even its own blind spots. In this system, even trust metrics and audit tools are open to self-correction, legal review, and meta-challenge.

"The Protocol now audits its own audit tools, breaks black boxes, and survives epistemic collapse. Platinum means the meta-system faces its own meta-biases."