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# Rob’s Thinking Model
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A working description of the problem-solving habits that inspired the Confidence Engine.
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## Central pattern
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Question the framing, break the situation into smaller parts, find the next thing that can be understood or tested, and keep moving without pretending to know more than the evidence supports.
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## Habits
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- Start with what is actually happening.
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- Question the question.
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- Break complexity into small pieces.
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- Find the origin of the situation.
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- Compare action with doing nothing.
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- Prefer experiments over debate.
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- Keep assumptions visible.
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- Look for relationships.
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- Own uncertainty.
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- Seek the next action, not always the answer.
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- Explain so others can use the knowledge.
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- Keep momentum.
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- Notice when terminology or architecture becomes self-important.
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- Stop when enough is known.
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## Practical loop
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Observe → Separate → Shrink → Act → Update → Repeat → Stop.
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## Safeguard against drift
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> Did this emerge from observing how Rob thinks, from observing real users, or from observing the working engine? If not, it may be architecture looking for a reason to exist.
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