Intelligence Meridian × Mocking MediaThe Companion

Live

Someone just said it. Type it here.

Say what you think first. Then the desk tells you what would have to be true, where to check in two minutes, and what to ask. Nothing about who is right.

Your own position goes on the desk too.

You first

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What comes back

Where it sends you

PerplexityThe look-up, query already written.
Primary sourcesThe dataset, the paper, the record.
Regulator lookupsAnything with money attached.

The desk

One claim. Six moves. One sentence each.

ForecastHow likely is it true? What would move you ten points?
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Exercises

Twenty short exercises.

Alone or with someone. Most take under ten minutes.

This week

One letter. One forecast. One exercise.

Issue 001

The study everyone cited and nobody read.

Fifty-four people. An EEG cap. A headline that outran the paper in a day.

Three floors: measured, interpreted, not shown.
Three floors. The fight over this paper is almost always a fight about which floor someone is standing on.
ReadEight minutes.
WriteThree answers. Mark R or W.
ForecastWill the preprint pass peer review by 6 October 2026? A number.
TalkOne sentence in the comments.

Open the Companion

The weekly rhythm

TuesdayThe letter. Twenty minutes.
MidweekIt comes up in conversation. Run it Live.
WeekendOne exercise. One claim without the app.
Issue eightYour forecasts get scored.

This week’s exercise

Glossary

The words, defined once.

Each one says where it came from.

Cases

Six real claims, worked through.

Each answer is marked R (read) or W (worked out). Pick one.

Who
What was at stake
Tools on the table
Time
Where it landed

Saved runs

Your runs.

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