## Idea validation ledger

Turn a promising idea into claims you can investigate.

### Audience and problem
Who experiences the problem, in what context, and what do they do today?

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### Riskiest assumption
What would make this idea unworkable if it were false?

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### Current evidence
List sources, dates and contradictory observations. Separate facts from assumptions.

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### Test and decision rule
What will you do, with whom, for how long? What result would change your mind?

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### Result and next decision
What happened? What can the evidence support, and what remains uncertain?

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