How should a summary separate evidence and inference?

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How should a summary separate evidence and inference?

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A useful design choice is to make the shared observation the stable anchor, then label each explanation as an interpretation rather than blending them into one narrative. In a comparison, an observation-first summary usually helps readers see what both notes actually agree on before they encounter any reasoning. An explanation-first version can still be useful, but hypothetically it risks making one theory feel more certain than the underlying evidence supports, especially if an AI tool compresses nuance too aggressively. A practical workflow could be: extract common evidence, group competing inferences beneath it, then have a human reviewer check whether any wording turns inference into fact. How should that distinction be signposted to readers so they can quickly tell what is directly supported and what is only a possible explanation?

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