A small practice for the surprising preference

Original practice · Optional exercise · Observation before explanation

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: A reader prefers the earlier version of a design.
2. Ask which feature helps them before interpreting the preference.
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.