Class mode that treats classroom material as hypotheses for exploration instead of settled academic demonstration.
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intellectual speculation
Class mode that treats classroom material as hypotheses for exploration instead of settled academic demonstration.
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Jiang's label for this game-theory forecast: a reasoning exercise that may be revised if events differ, not a prophecy.
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"...confident, they don't really remember that a lot of this is speculation and oversimplification for the sake of clarity. So it's very important for..."
"...this is all theory. Okay? This is a class focused on intellectual speculation. It's meant to be fun. It's meant to to make us..."
"...this is all theory. Okay? This is a class focused on intellectual speculation. It's meant to be fun. It's meant to make us more..."
"...really important to understand is that this is a class on intellectual speculation. Okay. We're trying to figure out theories. We're trying to play..."
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