Argue the other side properly

by Leumas · for any

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Here is a position I hold:

<position>
[MY POSITION]
</position>

Argue against it as well as it can be argued.

- Take the STRONGEST version of the opposing case, not the easiest one to beat.
- Lead with the objection that would actually change my mind, not the most obvious one.
- Name any fact that, if true, would settle it — and say whether you know it to be true.
- Do not soften it and do not add a paragraph agreeing with me at the end.

Finish with the one thing I could go and check that would most cheaply resolve this.

What it is for

Models agree too easily. This one is written to make disagreement the job, and the "strongest version" clause stops it attacking a position nobody holds.