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Attack Your Own Thesis

Instruct it to attack, not to agree.

✦ A free hostile reader✦ Find the hole before the marker✦ Where arguments get strong
⏱️ 5 minutes🧰 Today’s instrument: Claude📚 Steelmanning

📖 Today’s lesson

Lesson 11: Find the objection before the marker does.

Models are compliant by default — they will happily agree with a weak thesis if you let them. Explicitly instructing one to attack is what converts it from a flatterer into a useful reader.

Why this matters: Everything you submit is read by someone looking for the weakest point. Far better that you find it first. Ask for opposition and you get a hostile reader on demand, at no cost and with no embarrassment.