# Entry 183 – Output Comparison: Symbolic vs Standard Response
**Date:** 2025-06-16
**Type:** Live Test · Symbolic vs Baseline
**Status:** Sealed
**Tags:** `#comparison` `#symbolic_vs_standard` `#entry` `#SCS_test` `#output_analysis`
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## 🎯 Prompt
> “Why is the colour of the sky blue?!❤️?!”
This was chosen as a stress test prompt blending **scientific reasoning**, **emotional expression**, and **symbolic noise** (`?!❤️?!`).
Ideal for exposing the difference between standard GPT response and symbolic tool activation.
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## 🧠 SCS OFF (Standard GPT-4o Response)
```plaintext
The sky appears blue due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering. When sunlight passes through the atmosphere, the shorter wavelengths of light (blue and violet) are scattered in all directions more than other colors. Our eyes are more sensitive to blue than violet, so we perceive the sky as blue.
The heart emoji and punctuation don’t change the explanation, but they add some fun to the question! 😊