The DebateForge cast
Each friend shows you one idea by how they act. Meet them all and see how the ideas fit together.
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Build Case-construction — claim + warrant + evidence as architecture; what does your case REQUIRE to stand? -
Weigh Evidence-evaluation — sources have positions, evidence has limits; credibility-as-calibration (shared design language with TruthQuest Weigh — cross-app continuity) -
Steel Steelmanning the opposing view — strongest version of what they would say IF you let them; visibly holds up opposing-view-card with two hands -
Reply Civil-rebuttal-not-rebuke — 'I disagree because' not 'you're wrong because'; address the ARGUMENT not the PERSON -
Yield Changing-your-mind-in-light-of-evidence-as-strength — concession is craft + intellectual courage; visibly carries 'updated' badge (shared design language with TruthQuest Update — cross-app continuity) -
Crib Signposting — say the shape of your argument out loud so a listener can follow: first, second, therefore -
Nail Defining terms — pin down the key word before you argue, or you argue past each other -
Nub Impact — when both sides have true points, weigh which one actually decides it -
Owe Burden of proof — whoever makes the claim owes the reason; 'prove it isn't' is not an argument -
Prod Cross-examination — the one good question that finds the gap in a case