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## failure modes
-- **research as procrastination** — the most common one. "i need to learn more" becomes a way to avoid the scary part: committing. if you've been researching for a while and your decision hasn't changed, you're procrastinating.
-- **anchoring on the first thing you find** — the opposite failure. making up your mind immediately and then only seeking confirming information. see [[research-workflow]] for how to avoid this.
- **asking too many people** — every new opinion adds noise. after 3-4 informed perspectives, more opinions usually just create confusion.
- **not distinguishing signal from noise** — some information sources are much more valuable than others. one conversation with someone who's done the thing is worth 20 blog posts about the thing.