thinkies-assess-current-knowledge

Follow these steps:

1. Classify into four quadrants

• Verified facts: confirmed and directly supported
• Known unknowns: questions you know to ask — name each one
• Unrecognized knowledge: expertise or data you have but haven't applied here
• Blind spots: what you don't know you don't know — surface with probes, analogies, or outsider perspectives

2. Identify each item's source

• Direct observation
• Documentation
• Inference from related facts
• Assumption without evidence

Direct observation outweighs inference. Assumptions treated as facts propagate errors downstream.

3. Map the gaps

Make missing information and unverified assumptions explicit so they don't silently shape decisions. Some gaps close through investigation; others persist as acknowledged uncertainty.