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Wiki: Difference between 'I understand' and 'Move on'

Read the stage of understanding and the stage of action

Mind Uploading Research Project

Public Page Updated: 2026-03-06 Understanding vs action

How to use this page

Read this first to avoid getting lost

This page is an auxiliary guide that helps you sort out the difference between the state where you feel like you 'understood' after reading the Mind-Upload page, and the state where you can 'actually proceed to the next step.' The level of readiness for action is different if you have just read the summary, read the original text, confirmed the victory conditions and counter-conditions, and isolated the correction positions and external dependencies. We will make the difference visible in stages.

  • Dividing ``I think I understand'' and ``moving on'' into stages.
  • Make it easy to self-diagnose where you are stuck in the FAQ, literature, suggestions, and issues.
  • I will decide whether what is needed next is checking the original text, checking the conditions, or identifying the correction position.
Helpful next pages
FAQ Verification base Contribution Guide
Best for
People who don't want to stop thinking that they understood it after reading it, and people who want to know what they're missing next.
Reading time
8-12 minutes
Accuracy note
This is a stage of understanding. Be sure to return to the original page and the rationale to check the validity of individual claims and proposed amendments.

Relatively clear at this stage

What we know now

  • In many cases, just reading the summary is not enough to make corrections or citations.
  • To proceed to the next step, confirmation of the basis, conditions, or correction position is required.
  • Dividing the stages of understanding allows you to calmly determine where you are stuck.

Still unresolved beyond this point

What we still do not know

  • Which stage is sufficient to check depends on your purpose.
  • When it comes to external dependence, even if understanding progresses, it may stop depending on the other party's conditions.

Learn the basics

Check the basics in the wiki

What the wiki is for

The wiki is a learning aid. For the project's official current synthesis, success criteria, and operating rules, always return to the public pages.

There are stages of understanding

``I kind of understand the meaning'' and ``I know which page to fix next'' are not the same. On this site, we will consider the following stages: reading, returning to the original text, checking conditions, identifying correction locations, and separating external dependencies.

Four stages

stage What I can say now What is still missing
1. I got the summary I know what the page is about. The original text and conditions are not yet sufficient to use as evidence.
2. Checked the original source You can check what is written where in the paper, original passage, and issue history. Now we need to decide what to make the advance condition and the disconfirmation condition.
3. I understand the conditions You can say what is missing and what needs to be met to move forward. It is necessary to identify where to actually fix it and where to return it.
4. Proceed next You can even see the correction position, return destination, and isolation of external dependencies. The next step is to actually make changes and record them.

What's missing is different for each page

Page What you need next after "I understand the summary"
FAQ Return to the corresponding public page or wiki to review conditions and assumptions.
Papers / Research Harvest Go back to the DOI and original paper to review the method, evaluation, and limitations.
Proposals Go back to the original passage and issue history to see the context of acceptance/rejection and discussion.
Issue Return to the main text of the target page and specify what needs to be fixed.
Collaborations Distinguish between preparations that can be made here and now and external dependencies.

Self-diagnosis

Return to Check conditions with
Things to ask yourself `Yes` then `No` then
Have you checked the original source Next, check the conditions and correction position. How to use summary, original text, and issue history.
Can you say in one sentence what is missing Next, decide what to fix. Verification or Roadmap.
Can you tell me what page to fix? Proceed to the issue or correction. Go back to Content Hub and Basics of deciding where to place new information.
Do you know if there is an external dependency? Decide between Issues and Collaborations. Go back to What to do first in-house and external dependencies.

Common ways to stop

Mistake

  • Read the summary and quote verbatim: If you use it as evidence, you need to check the original source.
  • Writing an issue without knowing the conditions: First of all, you need to be able to state in one sentence what is missing.
  • Make a big suggestion without deciding where to make the correction: It is safer to return to Content Hub or the main text of the target page.
  • Advanced understanding but overlooking external dependencies: It is necessary to differentiate between actionable changes and waiting for others.

Where to return next

If you want to go back to checking the original source, please use How to use summary, original text, and issue history, if you want to implement it, please use How to write your first issue, and if you want to go back to how to use the entire site, please use 3 ways to use this site.