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WWB Key Ideas

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TST Five Thought Tools

SWITCH

Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.

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~ 4 minutes of short abstracts.

Speed: 1.00

A Living Orientation to TouchstoneTruth.

What follows is not an introduction to a single essay or topic, but an orientation to the larger project it belongs to.

TouchstoneTruth treats writing as an ongoing practice rather than a sequence of finished products.

This project is built around the belief that ideas deserve time to be tested, refined, and revisited. Structured to preserve continuity, the ideas remain identifiable even as understanding evolves.

The Weekly Column

At the center of the project is the TST Weekly Column. Each week, one idea is explored as a complete edition.

You’ve just finished an edition of the TST Weekly Column—one idea at a time, refined rather than replaced. On TouchstoneTruth, this takes shape through named weekly editions—each focused on a single idea and openly revised as understanding deepens.

These columns are meant to endure, to be returned to, and to change honestly.

The Research Layer

Beneath each column lives the WWB research layer made up of short, focused tidbits.

Think of tidbits as intellectual scaffolding: modest on their own, essential to the strength of the whole.

These tidbits do the quiet work of grounding ideas in evidence.

The WWB Trainer

Ideas are not only read here—they are revisited.

The WWB Trainer exists to help ideas surface gradually over time, reconnecting related material through repetition and variation.

By rotating through related material, the WWB Trainer reinforces understanding without requiring constant focus.

A Philosophy of Journalism

Guided by the philosophy of journalism, it values clarity, sourcing, and restraint over speed or certainty.

Journalism fails when narrative replaces evidence rather than emerging from it.

Claims are shown alongside their evidence. Corrections are treated as integrity rather than weakness.

The TST Framework

To support clearer reasoning, TouchstoneTruth draws on the TST Framework.

Rather than teaching what to think, the TST Framework focuses on how thinking goes wrong and how to correct it.

The framework is composed of 5 thought tools, 4 mind traps, and 3 truth hammers.

The Idea of Ideas

At a deeper level, this work rests on an epistemology known as the Idea of Ideas.

No single idea captures reality completely; each offers a partial perspective.

All knowledge here is treated as representational rather than final.

The Material–Spiritual Framework

Closely related is the Material–Spiritual Framework, which helps prevent category errors when thinking about reality, meaning, and human experience.

The Material–Spiritual Framework treats meaning as real in experience, even when it is not material.

It allows science to remain rigorous and meaning to remain real.

A Living Touchstone

Together, these elements form what I call a Living Touchstone.

A body of work designed to evolve without losing coherence—to preserve not just conclusions, but the reasoning that led to them.

The aim is not to persuade quickly, but to think responsibly over time.

One idea at a time.
Evidence where it belongs.
Revision without erasure.

Return when useful.
Revisit when needed.

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Writing and coding by Michael Alan Prestwood.