small habit shift that's been surprisingly useful. instead of asking a model "is this a good idea," which basically invites it to agree with me, i now open with "give me the strongest case that this is a bad idea." then i ask the normal question. the difference is night and day. leading with the question gets me a confident yes that mostly reflects how i phrased things. leading with the counter-case forces it to actually engage the weak points first, and then its eventual ans...