active · construct · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: hn
Reframing-as-insight: declaring what the *real* issue is. “The real question to ask yourself is…”, “the real issue may not be X as much as Y”. Seven times the human rate.
◑ appears in good human writing too (collateral score 0.15 — the closer to 1, the more it also fires on acclaimed pre-AI prose)
…The real question to ask yourself is: why do you want to learn?…
…the real issue may not be immediate device shortages as much as…
occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-07 (run #2: 3 current + 3 vintage models, 3 matched registers, 1,392 samples)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 2.23 | 2.14 | 0.22 | 0.34 |
| hn | 4.20 | — | 0.24 | |
| cooking | 0.28 | — | 0.00 | |
| parenting | 1.65 | — | 0.34 | |
| 1.09 | — | — |
regex: \bthe real (questions?|problems?|issues?|story|point|tests?|challenges?|wins?|risks?|magic|lesson)\b