what we do

The Self-Referencing Institute solves disagreements about value. Value is important because there's only so much time in the day, so we need to know what to study.

Institutions debate which experts to study, and how much time to spend on each expert. A lack of consensus causes students to doubt whether value exists. Students aren't motivated to put in the effort to get better unless they know what's "better".

Good scholarship answers questions of value. References check with other references to create a self-referencing system that is statistically impossible as a coincidence. It proves that experts exist. It reassures students that they aren't the same as experts, which motivates them to become experts.

- Alex Sabo