NP-1197Folder 01 — Start Here — Who Were the Nephilim?
Field Rules for This Quest
How to run the investigation without turning a good question into a bad conclusion.
INTERPRETATION
Rule 1 — the stamp tells you the weight
SCRIPTURE and ANCIENT TEXT mean a document exists. HISTORICAL SOURCE means a person recorded it. ARCHAEOLOGY means physical material. INTERPRETATION, MODERN CLAIM and SPECULATIVE mean somebody is reasoning, not reporting.
Rule 2 — a connection is not proof
Two things resembling each other is the beginning of an investigation, never the end of one. Resemblance is cheap; sequence, source and mechanism are expensive.
Rule 3 — dead ends stay on file
A theory that fails is a result. It stays in the folder, marked, so nobody has to chase it twice.