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Where does reality enter the loop?
A question about the point at which a process actually touches the world it claims to model.
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About locating the specific step where a belief, model, or system is checked against something other than itself.
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A standard is only as good as the point at which something outside the process gets to object.
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- ConceptFeedback loopA cycle in which a system's output influences its own future input.
- ConceptVerificationThe act of checking a claim or output against something independent of the process that produced it.
- QuestionWhat counts as evidence?A question about the standards a claim has to meet before it counts as support.