Observation
Language models optimize for likelihood. They surface what is statistically common, not what is situationally precise.
This mechanism is often invisible to users. It manifests as “reasonable advice.”
Failure Mode
Across many domains, outputs converge toward similar conclusions:
- disengage,
- move on,
- accept closure,
- choose the safer path.
Individual cases are not rejected. They are diluted.
Edge trajectories disappear through probability, not argument.
Scope
This effect is not limited to relationships.
It appears in:
- entrepreneurship,
- ethical dissent,
- institutional conflict,
- and minority life paths.
What is rare is treated as noise. What is common becomes normative.
Boundary Condition
Statistical dominance is not wisdom.
A system that cannot preserve low-probability paths cannot claim to support human uniqueness.
This note records how individuality is suppressed without ever being named.