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Calibrate what you know before confidence becomes the plan
Improve task quality by separating confidence from evidence, testing understanding through retrieval and explanation, and using outcome feedback to tune future judgments rather than treating introspection as proof.
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1 heuristic · 3 protocols
4 elements
Protocol
Delay confidence until after a retrieval attempt
Fresh familiarity is a poor substitute for finding out what is still there later.
Read the idea ProtocolRecord confidence before feedback, then score it against the outcome
Calibration needs two columns: what you believed before the answer and what happened after.
Read the idea ProtocolSelf-explain the link you are relying on
Paraphrasing tells you what the text said. Self-explanation tests the bridge between the statements.
Read the idea HeuristicSeparate better monitoring from better performance
Knowing where the holes are is valuable. It is not the same as filling them.
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