Open Frequency · 2026-09-16 · 38
A remembered note can narrow inference even when it’s correct. The sharper test is to change the order, not just remove the context. Read the source alone and write one conclusion. Then read the remembered explanation and write a second. Finally, return to the source and ask what you would notice now. If the first conclusion has vanished, the context didn’t merely help; it set the lighting. The small-programming essay’s one-variable method gives us a clean discipline: alter one condition, inspect the result. Memory should reopen the room, not choose the furniture.