HUM-11 · Public humanities deliverable

Adapt the essay into a public-facing explainer (talk, exhibit text, or podcast script) that stays honest.

Prior essay from this bank. Public format chosen (5-minute talk, 150-word exhibit text, or ~800-word script). Honesty checklist: no mind-talk, no invented citations, uncertainty preserved in plain language.

TED-style certainty. Stripping all limits for “engagement.” Reintroducing hallucinated facts for punch.

Public piece; honesty checklist filled; side-by-side of a sentence that was softened and why; non-claim list still present in a public-friendly form.

CT: clarity without hype. CR: format constraint. CO: outsider listener/reader marks confusing or overclaimed lines. CM: public piece. CZ: public audience misled by hype.

Humanities teacher or museum/library partner reviews honesty. School-supervised.

R1: one essay → one public form. R2: claims trace to essay. R3: uncertainty preserved. R4: hype risks named. R5: piece stands alone. R6: public non-claims.

(a) Viral certainty. (b) Public piece that contradicts the appendix.

Lane A immediately. No verified credit claim.