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$ eldr --open case-file-the-counter-case

The counter-case

Every read ships with the argument against itself. That is the only falsifiable part.

$ eldr --explain counter-case

Every read ends with the case against the read. It is not a disclaimer and it is not balance for its own sake. It is the only part of the output you can check.

The shape

A counter-case has to name something specific and checkable: a fact not in evidence, an assumption doing too much work, a pattern in your own answers that undercuts the position. "It might not work out" is not a counter-case. "You rated conviction 9/10 and decision drag 180 days, and those two numbers are not compatible" is.

Why it is there

A position without a counter-case is an oracle, and an oracle cannot be wrong, which means it cannot be useful. The counter-case is what converts the output from a claim into an instrument: you read it, you decide whether it lands, and either way you now know something you did not know before opening the page.

How to use it

Read the counter-case first. If it lands harder than the position, the position is wrong for you and you have your answer in ninety seconds. If it does not land, write down why. That sentence is usually the actual decision.

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