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Institutions, incentives, and history.
the shape of this subject
Poli-sci is applied argumentation about power. Brainback trains you to reason from institutions and incentives — not from tribe.
Because political science rewards the students who do the reps — and punishes the ones who outsource them.
Add Political science as a Learn subject and every problem in these areas routes to the Socratic tutor — attempt-first, hint-laddered, output-guarded.
Attempt → correction → guiding question. No answer. Ever. Verbatim from a beta session.
Under proportional representation, small parties gain leverage because…
What incentive does this institution create? For whom?
no answer · one guiding question · your next move
the anti-pattern
Answer machines make political science look like a solved problem. It isn't. The exam room reveals whose reasoning was built and whose was rented.
the recall card
Every wrong attempt and low-scored explain-back becomes a card. SM-2 schedules them — the tricky ones come back tomorrow, the solid ones drift out to next week, then next month.
Recall the core concept in your own words. Then apply it to a fresh example under 2 minutes.
The subject where the shortcut has always been most expensive.
The subject where wrong feels right — until Brainback slows you down.
Proofs and combinatorics for people who like clean edges.
Draw the free-body diagram. Actually draw it.
Balance the equation. In the right order.
Systems, not slogans.
→political science — ready when you are
Attempt-first. Never the answer. Add it as a Learn subject in 30 seconds.