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# [Recheck What You Rejected](https://danmercede.hashnode.dev/recheck-what-you-rejected?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Short Essay · 2026-07-01 · 12:45 AM PT Claim: A negative decision stored in an agent's memory ('we evaluated X and rejected it') is the most dangerous kind of stale fact, because it reads as settled a

Jul 1 · 2 min read · danmercede.hashnode.dev  
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