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|QuestionSubject=How should the scientonomic workflow handle the ''ripple effect'' of additional minor changes to the body of scientonomic knowledge caused by the acceptance of a certain modification?

|Subfield=|Inherited From=|Heritable=|Question Text Formula=|Question Title Formula=|Question=|Question Title=|Predicate=|Object Type=|Object Value True=|Object Value False=|Object Class=|Object Enum Values=|Object Regexp=|Single Answer Text Formula=|Multiple Answers Text Formula=|Answer Title Formula=|Description=As modifications to the body of scientonomic knowledge are introduced, they often affect not only those elements that are explicitly mentioned in the suggested modification but also other elements. For instance, there appear to be cases where a change in the definition of a certain term may have a ''ripple effect'' on other accepted theories which use that concept. Whenever a new theory is accepted it is typically the case that at least small modifications need to be made to some old theories, and to the discussions of them in the encyclopedia, for the sake of consistency and clarity. In an ideal world, the a modification that suggests the acceptance of this a new theory should identify all instances where old theories and old encyclopedia entries need to be modified for the sake of maintaining consistencyepistemic elements affected by this modification. However, since scientonomists are not omniscient, it is sometimes difficult virtually impossible to identify all of the necessary changes to old theories the body of scientonomic knowledge at the moment of the publication of the modification. Thus, some of these required changes surface only after the publication or even after happen as a ''ripple effect'' following the acceptance of the respective modification (e.g. [[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0005|modification Sciento-2018-0005]] and [[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0008|modification Sciento-2018-0008]])and remain undocumented in the encyclopedia. This leads to inconsistencies between the actual scientonomic body of knowledge accepted by the community and how that knowledge is presented in the encyclopedia. The question is how such situations are to be handled in the workflow. Specifically, should the editors be granted a permission to make small changes to old theories the necessary adjustments for the sake of maintaining consistency, without the need for explicit review and acceptanceof these additional changes? Or should any such changes go through the regular scientonomic route, i.e. should these minor changes also they be presented as new suggested modifications?|Authors List=Paul Patton|Formulated Year=2019|Prehistory=|History=|Current View=

|Authors List=Paul Patton,|Formulated Year=2019|Related Topics=The Status of Holism and Ripple Effect,|Sorting Order=