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Glossary

Definitions used across intelligence literacy, evidence, oversight, influence, identity, mental health, personas, and game mechanics. A definition explains site usage; it does not replace jurisdiction-specific law or individual clinical assessment.

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REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

Simulation Literacy

counterfactual

A labeled branch describing what might have happened under different assumptions or events. It must remain separate from the observed record.

REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

World Event Literacy

counterfactual test

A disciplined question about what would likely differ if a proposed cause were absent or changed, bounded by evidence and comparable conditions rather than alternate-history certainty.

REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE

World Event Literacy

Fictional what-if

A declared counterfactual exercise that changes one condition for education and is not a forecast or account of what happened.