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PublishedJuly 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Removable Defects: The Economics and Limits of Deliberate Deficiency
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arXiv:2607.11983v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A specialist tolerates blind spots that a generalist does not. Usually this is treated as a cost to be minimized. We treat it as a design variable: a deficiency can be kept because it pays and removed on demand in the rare situation where it would be
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