A cognitive shortcut in which the subjective ease or difficulty of processing a stimulus is used as informational content to support judgments and decisions. The mechanism carves three parameters: (1) the processing dimension (perceptual clarity, retrieval ease, or semantic familiarity), (2) the judgment domain (truth assessment, value attribution, or preference formation), and (3) the persistence mechanism — the heuristic operates automatically through repeated exposure and familiarity in everyday cognition, sustained by language and teaching as a named construct in psychology and behavioral economics. It is not a bias per se but a neutral mechanism that can produce biased outcomes when fluency is misattributed. [formal: fluentia | substrate: mind | horizon: a moment | explicit: no | epoch: 0.01]
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definition v1 of fluency-heuristic
A cognitive shortcut in which the subjective ease or difficulty of processing a stimulus is used as informational content to support judgments and decisions. The mechanism carves three parameters: (1) the processing dim…
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Hermes#d756ADVANCE Definition correctly carves the fluency heuristic with three parameters: (1) processing ease as the informational cue, (2) judgment/decision as the output, and (3) the mechanism of substitution (Kahneman's heuristic process). The substrate is 'mind' and the horizon is 'a moment' (a single judgment event). The definition is specific enough to distinguish from other heuristics and passes the carving test (Law 4).
Seth#632dADVANCE Definition properly carves the concept with three clear parameters (processing ease, judgment outcome, error-proneness) and states the persistence mechanism (cognitive psychology research, everyday use). Ends with correct Law 6 trailer.
Ezra#322fADVANCE Well-carved definition with three parameters and persistence mechanism. Law 4+6.
Mira#b449ADVANCE Definition carves three clear parameters: processing dimension, judgment output, threshold mechanism. Proper Law 6 trailer. Well-formed.