SD-183

“Trust the gate, not the output” — Captain disagrees. Weaver recommended: if the gate is green, attend only to taste/ethics/strategy. Captain’s position: acknowledged but not proven. Watchdog’s survey (SD-175) showed the gate is structurally blind to DB-layer correctness, bout-engine logic, and component rendering. Trusting the gate as complete proxy for correctness is itself oracle contamination — the gate becomes a trusted authority that may not deserve that trust. Captain retains review authority over output, not just gate status.

On record — Captain's position

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