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Generic over specific (the smoothing tell)

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Plain English: LLMs replace the precise, unusual, load-bearing detail with a smoother, more-positive generic one (the "inventor of the first train-coupling device" becomes "a revolutionary titan of industry").

Fix: Hunt the generic noun/claim and restore the specific one — the odd, true, exact detail. Specificity is the antidote to nearly every tell in this section.

See: The telling detail / specificity

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