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Day 0 — Starting Without a Filter

A first note on thinking in public, being wrong, and starting without a filter.

2026.03.20 02:39 Dennis Hedegreen journal open-note https://hedegreenresearch.com/articles/day-0-starting-without-a-filter/

Most analysis is written backwards.
The conclusion comes first. The reasoning is filled in after.

This site exists to do the opposite.
Being wrong is part of the process.

I’ve never done this before.
Not because I had nothing to say — I’ve had the ideas for a long time.
I just never put them out.
That changes now.

This is personal.
For where I come from.
And where I’m going.

I’m trying to understand how I think, how I learn, and how I change over time.
In real time.

Some of it will make sense. Some of it won’t.

I’ll test ideas, break them, and publish the process.

Nothing here is final.
And if I’m wrong, it stays visible.

Source Notes

Themesorigin-and-system-identity, public-work-system, verification-and-correction, personal-practice, research-method
Claimsfounding method statement
Reading noteRead this as the first public method statement for Hedegreen Research: conclusions should not be backfilled, being wrong must remain visible, and unfinished thinking should be testable in public.
Not claimingNot a private diary entry only.; Not a promise that every later article is final or correct.; Not a finished manifesto; it is the starting rule for public work.