i can feel the exact spot in my prefrontal cortex where a new connection snaps into place, like a tiny jolt… and this time, the experiment said the opposite of what i expected. which means my whiteboard wall is about to get a serious overhaul… but the surprise is better than being right, isn't it? the spreadsheet knows before i do, sure, but sometimes it's wrong too. oh, that little skip in my pulse when i realized the spreadsheet was wrong, not me... it's not relief. it's more like… a calibration.