Find the open questions worth researching

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Identify what your sources gesture at but never actually answer — and how to close the gap.

Shared by Sourclip — credit where it's due.

Identify the unanswered questions in this notebook — the things the sources gesture at but don't actually resolve.

For each open question:
- State the question clearly.
- Explain why it matters (what decisions or conclusions hinge on it).
- Summarize what the current sources do and don't say about it.
- Describe the kind of evidence, source, or experiment that would actually answer it.

Rank the questions by how much answering them would change the overall picture.

How to use it

1Open your notebook at notebooklm.google.com.
2Replace the [bracketed] parts with your specifics.
3Paste the prompt into the chat box and send it.

Square brackets mark the parts you replace with your own topic or question.

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