The report contained flawless typography, twelve lovely charts and precisely zero citations. Rabbit considered this a clue.
Everything green
A glowing arrow pronounced obvious success. Rabbit tried to locate the method, the date range and the excluded records. He found an inspirational slogan and a gradient instead.
“We could celebrate,” he said, “or we could learn whether the arrow is right.”
Open the missing appendix
Johnny Five compared definitions and time periods. The report had merged incomparable categories and overlooked a change in measurement. Those issues did not prove failure; they proved the conclusion was too confident.
Black Knight moved the giant PUBLISH button farther away.
Good reports tell the whole truth
The design stayed beautiful. The conclusions gained sources, qualifications, alternative interpretations and next checks. The revised report was less triumphant and more useful.
Rabbit pinned POLISHED IS NOT PROVEN over the coffee machine.
Rabbit returns to the surface carrying observations and possible next checks—not unverified conclusions.