Prof. James A. Robinson

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1. 1Prepare

   Before the lecture: settle on this one, watch the guide and the original Nobel Lecture, and write the question you want to ask.

   Look up whatever you do not know — the official citation on nobelprize.org, the laureate’s own institution, Wikipedia. An hour of background changes what the same fifty minutes is worth.

   Watched the original Nobel Lecture
   A question for the speaker These three are the judging criteria of the Into the Nobel question competition.

   • Depth: it reaches the trade-offs and limits behind the work.
   • Logic: the question stands up, and its premise holds.
   • Originality: the answer cannot simply be looked up.

   Copy “Prepare”

2. 2Attend

   While you listen or watch: note that you have seen the Taiwan lecture, and set down the argument in your own words.

   Watched the Taiwan lecture
   The speaker’s core argument What the lecture argues — in your own words.

   Copy “Attend”

3. 3Reflect

   Afterwards: your own response, and what you would still ask.

   Your reflection What surprised you, what you disagree with, how it differs from the original Nobel Lecture.
   An extension question (at least one) Something the speaker would want to answer, and that cannot be looked up.
   Copy “Reflect”

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