The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types and 2 molecules
Before committing to a hypothesis about a bug's cause, write one sentence completing 'What would I expect to see if I were wrong?' then specifically search for that evidence before continuing the investigation.
When searching for disconfirming evidence, if your search could not have actually changed your mind, you performed a ritual not genuine disconfirmation—redesign the search until failure is possible.
For each schema driving consequential decisions, document: (1) the schema as a sentence, (2) when you adopted it, (3) supporting evidence, and (4) what would falsify it — if you cannot articulate falsification conditions, treat the schema as dogma requiring immediate audit.
Rewrite personal identity schemas as behavioral predictions with specified conditions and thresholds to convert unfalsifiable identity claims into testable hypotheses.
When adjusting a schema after disconfirming evidence, require the adjustment to generate new testable predictions rather than merely explaining away the original failure.
When a schema cannot specify any observation that would falsify it, classify it as a belief system rather than a testable model and flag it for replacement or constraint.