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Self-deception

Believing what is convenient, without noticing the choice.

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Baconian method

Francis Bacon

Bacon’s method is not a working protocol but a declaration of epistemic discipline: knowledge must be built stepwise from particulars, anchored in observation, and guarded against the Idols of the mind. Its power lies in its framing—not its execution.

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