Scientific Definition
Justified true belief isn't always knowledge — luck can produce true beliefs from defective reasoning.
Plain-English Definition
Justified true belief isn't always knowledge — luck can produce true beliefs from defective reasoning.
Feynman Explanation
Being right by accident isn't the same as knowing. Your process matters even when your answer is correct.
Core Principle
Justified true belief isn't always knowledge — luck can produce true beliefs from defective reasoning.
Mechanisms
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Why post-hoc 'we made the right call' analysis is dangerous — outcome can mask broken process.
Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
Being right by accident isn't the same as knowing. Your process matters even when your answer is correct.
Examples
- Edmund Gettier's 1963 three-page paper that overturned 2,000 years of epistemology.
- Why post-hoc 'we made the right call' analysis is dangerous — outcome can mask broken process.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Evaluate decisions on process quality, separately from outcome quality.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Evaluate decisions on process quality, separately from outcome quality.
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Treating one kind of thing as if it belonged to a different ontological category.
You can't derive an 'ought' (value claim) from an 'is' (factual claim) without a smuggled premise.
If P then Q. P. Therefore Q. The most basic valid inference move in formal logic.
If P then Q. Not Q. Therefore not P. The logic behind every falsification test.
Necessary = required for X. Sufficient = enough on its own for X. Conflating them is a common error.
Assume the opposite of what you want to prove. Derive a contradiction. The opposite must be false.
Tversky & Kahneman's classic: identical outcomes flip from 'risk averse' to 'risk seeking' when framed as lives saved vs. lives lost.
How will I feel about this in 10 minutes / 10 months / 10 years?
Basics first (health/finances), then depth (mastery/impact), then altruism (widening circle).
A group decides on a course of action that nobody actually wants, because everyone assumes others prefer it.
Inattention or forgetfulness caused by low attention, hyperfocus, or distraction.