B.5.2:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Anti-pattern	What it looks like	How FPF prevents it
Authority candidate	One favored conjecture is advanced immediately, with no rival set and no explicit filtering.	`CC-B.5.2-2` and `CC-B.5.2-3` require candidate plurality and visible plausibility grounds.
Untestable grand conjecture	The candidate sounds explanatory but has no interpretable implication or discriminating contrast.	Use CC-B.5.2-6 to make its implications clear or refuse that abductive result. Do not confuse absence of a useful implication with temporary unavailability of a meaningful check.
Prompt amnesia	A later reader can see the conjecture but not the initiating anomaly, opportunity, or probe pressure.	`CC-B.5.2-1` and `CC-B.5.2-5` keep prompt provenance attached.
Symptom patching	The selected candidate only redescribes a visible symptom and leaves the actual prompt unresolved.	The explicit plausibility filter for explanatory reach forces the candidate to be compared against the whole prompt.