The knowledge base should run slightly below the critical point for correction spread, with one correction reaching a little under one other claim on average, because a slightly subcritical system stays controllable while still reaching most of what it holds, and a supercritical one turns every correction into an avalanche.

Evidence 3 passages

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  if control is the objective, then it makes sense that the brain should be more ordered than that which it wishes to control.

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  If the brain was subcritical it would only ever be able to access a small, limited subset of the total information it contains.

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  brain activity is slightly sub-critical in normal waking consciousness

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