Corpus Density Proxy

Preamble

Corpus Density Proxy asks where an idea sits among known examples before anyone mistakes familiarity, sparsity, or alienness for value. Density shows position. Value waits for judgment and contact.

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Position Is Easier Than Value

A corpus can show what has clustered before. A crowded area may mean the idea is too familiar. An empty area may mean the idea is too alien, badly expressed, or missing from the reference set. Sparse areas near familiar examples may contain candidates near a MAYA edge.

The proxy names the corpus, candidate, nearest familiar examples, sparse areas, too-alien risk, evidence, confidence, and test.

The Corpus Carries Its Own Bias

Density depends on what was collected. A corpus can overrepresent a culture, channel, era, audience, platform, or language. The model may then score a real frontier as empty space because the corpus never learned to see it.

The artifact has to show what the corpus contains before drawing meaning from where the idea sits.

The Map Points To The Test

The branch lands when a density claim comes from a real corpus or reference set.

The proxy earns its place when the map helps choose a test while leaving value, risk, and commitment with the human.