The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types and 2 molecules
People typically construct a single mental model of a situation and reason from it as if it were complete, without spontaneously generating alternative models.
When feedback consistently arrives in days or weeks while the behavior repeats daily, the brain cannot reliably attribute consequences to specific actions due to temporal credit assignment failure—requiring external tracking systems to maintain the causal connection.
When sustained attention must monitor for low-frequency errors over extended periods (>30 minutes), delegate detection to automated systems rather than relying on human vigilance, because attentional resources degrade predictably regardless of motivation.