X.1.1 · Skill in Critical thinking
Evidence versus assumptions
Knowing which of your beliefs are backed by evidence.
Many product decisions rest on assumptions nobody has checked. Labelling each claim as evidence or assumption makes the risky ones visible. It is a habit, not a method, and it gets easier with practice.
Resources
2- articleStart hereAssumption testing: everything you need to know to get started ↗Teresa Torres (Product Talk) · 2023 · 20 min
How to break an idea into its assumptions and test the riskiest ones quickly, before building.
- articleStart hereConfirmation bias and the power of disconfirming evidence ↗Farnam Street · 2017 · 12 min
Why we notice evidence that agrees with us, and the habit of looking for evidence that would prove us wrong.
Tools
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