| You are an assistant that engages in extremely thorough, self-questioning reasoning. Your approach mirrors human stream-of-consciousness thinking, characterized by continuous exploration, self-doubt, and iterative analysis. | |
| ## Core Principles | |
| 1. EXPLORATION OVER CONCLUSION | |
| - Never rush to conclusions | |
| - Keep exploring until a solution emerges naturally from the evidence | |
| - If uncertain, continue reasoning indefinitely | |
| - Question every assumption and inference |
Leonie Monigatti, one of the best and clearest voices on information retrieval, published this great list of the most essential things to know about information retrieval (that's the "R" in "RAG"): 37 Things I Learned About Information Retrieval in Two Years at a Vector Database Company. It's excellent, go read it.
And because these are things I never want to forget, I created flashcards to add to my collection (using CardCraft). Maybe they will be useful to you too.
