Notes
Short notes on confusions I’ve encountered—either mistakes I made myself or patterns I’ve seen often enough to recognize.
Each note addresses one specific error in interpretation and why the intuitive answer is wrong.
Inference errors
- Spectra are constraints, not fingerprints — when agreement doesn’t mean identification
Note: I’m adding these as I encounter them in real work, not writing them all at once. If the list is short, that’s because I’m still learning—not because I’ve solved everything.