The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 2,888 atoms across 3 types and 2 molecules
Abstraction necessarily discards information from the reality it represents, retaining only selected features deemed relevant while eliminating detail.
Abstract representations that lack connection to concrete, embodied, or perceptual experiences become unstable and lose meaning under cognitive load or when transferred to novel contexts.
The level of abstraction at which you construe a situation (high-level why versus low-level how) changes what features appear relevant and what actions feel immediately available.