📘 PAGE 0 — RESEARCH METHOD INTRODUCTION
Note name: Research_Method_Intro.md
🧭 A Note on This Research Method
This workflow was designed for human-led research with AI as a collaborator, not an authority.
AI is used here to:
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map intellectual terrain quickly,
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surface contradictions,
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organize competing interpretations,
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suggest where deeper study is needed.
AI is not used to decide what is true.
Some outputs may be incomplete or wrong.
That is expected.
The purpose of this method is to compress time without compressing understanding, by forcing disagreement, structure, and coherence to surface early.
This is not “deep research by prompt.”
It is doing the research yourself, faster and more honestly, with AI helping at the edges.
“Truth is rarely found where everyone agrees.
It is found where disagreement is sharpest and still survivable.”
🔗 How This System Works
Each inquiry uses five pages:
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Inquiry Seed (question & orientation)
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AI Prompt & Engine (how AI is used)
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Research Workspace (evidence & links)
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Contradictions & Resolution (sense-making)
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Quotes, Domains, & Links (shared library)
Duplicate all five for each new question.
❓ PAGE 1 — INQUIRY SEED (QUESTION PAGE)
Note name: Inquiry_Seed_[Question].md
❓ The Question
Research Question:
[Why is there an in ubiquitous change in moral decline in America since the 1900s present day]
🧠 Why This Question Matters (to me)
[Because I believe very strongly that we were heading to economic social and financial collapse]
⚖️ Initial Intuition or Belief (optional)
I believe for whatever reason kind of the weight of the world’s on me to try to fix this even though I get that that’s a bit delusional but that’s where I’m at in life I feel like I should do something about it now that we have the questions what how do we refine those questions and what search topics do we start (This is not a commitment. It is a starting point.)
“Before answering a question, ask what kind of question it is.”
🧭 Orientation (with AI)
This question will be explored using the AI Prompt Engine.
🔗 AI Prompt Page:
→ AI_Prompt_Engine
After running the AI prompt:
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Paste or summarize the AI output here.
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Do not judge it yet.
(These may change as research progresses.)
🔗 Next:
→ [[Research_Workspace_[Question]]]