what does it mean to Test: The noun “essay” used to be a verb. It meant to test the quality of, or to assay. You may take this to mean testing the quality of our ideas, which is indeed the case with editing. However, one can extend this meaning beyond conventional goals. We can also use editing to test the quality of our awareness.

• litmus-test
• mirror-of-the-self-test
• coding.testing – https://christin.substack.com/p/why-editing-sucks-and-what-to-do by person.christin-chong