Three ways one can validate explanation and classification artifacts:
- Rather than becoming a parrot, mindlessly repeating mantras, established by others as substitutes for critical thinking, one should InspectStudyAndTest.
- Inspect
- Determine
- if the name used is adequate, if not exact in its representation of the artifact
- unique as well common attributes of the artifact
- Study
- relationships existing between it and other artifacts
- Test
- operational and procedural aspects of the artifact using specific and reasonable test methods
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