Recursive Agreement: When LLMs Start Defending Earlier Bad Assumptions
Most LLM Failures Don’t Come From Prompts — They Come From Assumptions
Visual representation of recursive reasoning failure in LLMs
Most people think prompt engineering is about writing better instructions. But in reality, the biggest failure point is hidden deeper: recursive assumptions.
📉 The Core Problem
When an LLM reasons, it often takes an early weak assumption and gradually reinforces it across steps. This creates a false sense of “validated truth”.
⚠️ Example: A model assumes a company is stable → then builds all reasoning on top of that assumption.
🧠 The Fix: Contradiction Audit Loop
- Extract assumptions
- Attack assumptions
- Invalidate weak premises
- Rebuild reasoning
✔ This reduces hallucinations and recursive bias in long-context reasoning.
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