This is going to sound weird, but this whole talk reminds me of the book There Is No Antimemetics Division. The idea of keeping a log of everything that didn't work until someone finds what does work, and drawing connections between seemingly unrelated events until you can see the shape of the real problem. Luckily, we don't have to deal with anomalies erasing memories while we do that, so maybe it will be easier than in the book.
This is going to sound weird, but this whole talk reminds me of the book There Is No Antimemetics Division. The idea of keeping a log of everything that didn't work until someone finds what does work, and drawing connections between seemingly unrelated events until you can see the shape of the real problem. Luckily, we don't have to deal with anomalies erasing memories while we do that, so maybe it will be easier than in the book.