The confusion
Bounded interpretation restricts what a system may claim. Some readers interpret this as censorship — the suppression of information or the prohibition of discussion.
Why the distinction matters
Censorship removes information from availability. Bounded interpretation constrains what a system may assert as supported fact within a governance perimeter. The information remains available; the claim about it is what is constrained.
A system operating under bounded interpretation can acknowledge that a topic exists, that questions about it are legitimate, and that the answer lies outside its declared scope. What it must not do is fabricate an answer and present it as supported.
The boundary
- Censorship: information is suppressed or made unavailable.
- Bounded interpretation: claims are constrained to what is supported by declared sources.
Bounded interpretation is an epistemic discipline, not an information control mechanism.