Cognitive Scaffold

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MENTAL MODEL · M9048

Seek Truth from Facts

Seek Truth from Facts
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

From actual facts (shi shi), research and seek out objective laws (shi). Scaffold role: evidence-based/data-driven. Do not start from "wishes" or "theories". All decisions must be based on A/B tests, financial reports, and frontline research. Facts are superior to opinions.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Evidence-based/data-driven. Do not start from "wishes" or "theories". All decisions must be based on A/B tests, financial reports, and frontline research. Facts are superior to opinions.

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Cognition starts from objective facts, and through research and exploration of these facts, seeks out their internal laws ("shi"), rather than starting from wishes, dogma, or theoretical presuppositions. Facts take precedence over opinions; laws are inductions from facts, not products of imagination.

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