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Externalize competing evidence side-by-side rather…
Externalize competing evidence side-by-side rather than holding it in working memory, where confirmation bias will weight confirming evidence more heavily.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Working Memory Capacity Limit (working memory limits), Generative Externalization (externalization produces new understanding), and Automatic Pattern Perception (automatic pattern generation with confirmation bias). The principle prescribes writing competing evidence down rather than mentally juggling it, because working memory limitations interact with confirmation bias to produce distorted weighting.