How Labsworks.
What a working paper is, how we label how sure we are, and what we keep private. Short, and meant to be checked.
How sure we are, in four words.
Everything Labs publishes carries one of these labels, so you can tell an early idea from a settled finding.
| Label | What it means | How to treat it |
|---|---|---|
| Idea | A question or a framing we find useful | A prompt for thinking, nothing more |
| Hypothesis | A specific claim we think may be true, not yet tested | Interesting, but not established |
| Early finding | Something we have seen in limited data, with the limits stated | Suggestive. Expect revision |
| Validated | Tested in a way we describe, with results published | Reasonably solid, still open to challenge |
Clear steps, every time.
- State the question
Every paper begins by saying exactly what it is trying to find out.
- Show the reasoning
We explain why we think what we think, so you can disagree with a step rather than a conclusion.
- Link the sources
Where we draw on public studies or data, we cite them with links.
- State the limits
Every paper says what it cannot tell you.
- Revise in the open
If we change our mind, we say so and say why.
What you will, and will not, see.
Outcomes and reasoning
- What we found and why it matters
- How strong the evidence is
- The limits of the work
- Corrections when we get things wrong
The inner workings
- The exact way the product reaches its answers
- Any formula, weighting or score construction
- Individual users’ data, always
- Anything that would let someone copy the engine
You will not find equations, model names or Greek letters in the app or on this site. That's a design choice: if we can't say it simply, it doesn't ship. It is also why the evidence labels above matter. They tell you how much to lean on what we say without asking you to take a formula on trust.
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