I love software like this: software that not only models data structures, like a spreadsheet, but attempts to model thought structures and patterns of reasoning

I love software like this: software that not only models data structures, like a spreadsheet, but attempts to model thought structures and patterns of reasoning, too. It's so much harder than building some dinky wizard that steps you through a series of fixed questions to answer. Instead it attempts to quantify the process of hypothesis and disputation in an open-ended way—yet an intuitive one, which attempts to interface with the ways that a professional will already think about a problem. I'd love to see more examples; I guess certain CRM/Project Management tools try to accomplish the same type of thing.