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A small practice for the packed-up experiment

A practical exercise: Write the observation while the setup is still clear.

Original practice · Optional exercise · Things we can finish

Choose a low-stakes example you can change without affecting another person’s private information or commitments.

  1. Describe the current situation in one sentence. The example here is: Materials are put away before the result is recorded.
  2. Write the observation while the setup is still clear.
  3. Compare the result with the difficulty you named. Write one concrete observation.
  4. Keep, adapt, or stop the experiment. A note about why you stopped is a valid result.

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Which piece of context will matter when somebody returns to this later?