The fine print, in large print

Your free first map

• One free map per person. Asking twice with different hats on still counts as one person.
• We decide which questions we can map well, and we may decline any request.
• Research starts when you click the confirmation link we email you. We aim for first findings within the hour of that click and your full map within 2 business days, capped at a limited number of maps each week. When we're full, you go on a waitlist, we tell you your place in line, and we still gather your sources.
• Early findings on your progress page (sources and extracted claims) are automated and unreviewed. The finished map is reviewed by a person before we send it.
• A free map comes with no ongoing service obligation: we don't promise to keep refreshing it, extending it, or answering follow-up questions about it.
• Maps may be unpublished, archived, or removed at our discretion.

What a map is, and isn't

A map summarises what published sources claim about causes and effects, with our best estimate of how strong the evidence is. It is research support, not professional advice. It is not medical, legal, financial, or engineering advice, and it doesn't know anything about your particular situation.

Sources can be wrong, and so can we. Check the sources linked from every claim before you lean your full weight on one.

Your account

If we invite you to view your map, keep your password to yourself and let us know if something looks off. Viewer access lets you explore the map; it doesn't let you edit it.

Publishing

If you told us publishing is fine, we may make your map a public example, with its sources and claims on their own pages. We never publish your name or email with it. Change your mind? Reply to any email from us.

Everything else

The service is provided as is. We may update these terms; the date at the top tells you when. Questions go to [email protected].