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# Substantiate idea and translate into content Two tasks, in this order: 1. **Does the idea hold up to the evidence?** If not, everything else is moot. 2. **How does it become a video?** Several paths, not one. **This is not recycling.** It doesn't check what's already run, and nothing is derived from existing posts — that's what `/recycling` is for. The source is outside evidence, not the account's own archive. ## What comes in An idea, as rough as it happens to be: a topic, an observation from daily work, a question, a hunch, a sentence someone said. If no idea comes with it, propose some — but **from the state of knowledge**: where has the evidence shifted recently without common practice or public perception catching up? Never from the account's own past posts. ## Step 1 · Sharpen the idea Formulate in one sentence what the **testable claim** behind it is. "Make something about sleep" becomes "caffeine after 2 p.m. measurably cuts deep sleep — its half-life is longer than most people assume." Without this sentence, nothing can be substantiated. If the idea is too vague to form it, say so and ask exactly once. ## Step 2 · Search for evidence **Actively research.** If web search is available, use it — don't rely on memory. Search for the strongest sources the field has: - for scientific claims: guidelines from professional societies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, large original studies - for craft, tech, and business claims: standards, primary data, ma