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    Fallible interpretation of a source cannot produce a less... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Accounts of the world based on divine revelation are epistemically unwarranted for humans.

    Fallible interpretation of a source cannot produce a less fallible epistemic product than the interpretive faculties themselves permit.

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    • 1.Interpretation is constrained by the same cognitive limits that define our interpretive faculties' inherent fallibility.
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    • 2.An epistemic product cannot exceed the reliability ceiling set by its generative mechanism without external correction.
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    • 3.Fallibility is a boundary condition: we cannot bootstrap ourselves beyond our tools' limitations through application alone.
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    • 1.Collaborative or iterative interpretation can compound insights across multiple fallible agents, exceeding individual capacity.
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    • 2.Systematic error-correction methods (peer review, formal logic) reduce fallibility below what faculties alone would permit.
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    • 3.The claim conflates tool limitation with outcome necessity; fallible tools often produce reliable outputs by design or luck.
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