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Normal science is described as refinement rather than discovery: it fine-tunes an existing model into a usable jigsaw puzzle instead of reimagining the picture.
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Jiang defines critical thinking as building analytical models, testing them against reality, and refining them based on what reality shows.
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Jiang says predictions matter because they validate and test the analytical model in your head, letting you refine it over time.
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"I am wrong about this, okay. Like every day, just say I'm wrong about my assumptions about this. I'm wrong about my assumptions about..."
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"...is really important guys science is not about discovery it's about refinement does that make sense science will not give us new ideas science..."
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"To solve a jigsaw puzzle is not, for example, merely to make a picture. Either a child or a contemporary artist could do that..."
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"with a new picture to the jigsaw puzzle, you might be creative, you might be interesting, you might be imaginative, but you're wrong. Okay?..."
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"So that it's much more reflective and accurate, okay? Does that make sense? Okay? And that's how we try to think critically about the..."
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Jiang begins with prediction as a disciplined loop, then turns the whole century into a religious struggle in disguise.
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Science begins here as a theological discipline of doubt.
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A dated May 2024 election model: Biden's 2020 coalition weakens, the suburbs become the hinge, and Trump can win by turning Nikki Haley from enemy into evidence that he has changed.
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