Scientific Definition
A question with a built-in unproven assumption.
Plain-English Definition
A question with a built-in unproven assumption.
Feynman Explanation
'When are we going to stop wasting money on this?' Question won.
Core Principle
A question with a built-in unproven assumption.
Mechanisms
A question with a built-in unproven assumption.
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
'When are we going to stop wasting money on this?' Question won.
Examples
- 'Why is morale so bad on your team?' assumes the premise.
- Frames the room before it deliberates.
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
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Words chosen to bias the audience toward a conclusion.
Using a word with two meanings as if it meant one.
A phrase that ends thought rather than advancing it.
Assuming the conclusion in the premise.
Attacking the person rather than the argument.
If A then B; B happened; therefore A.
A single story used as proof of a general claim.
It's true because authority says so.
Common sense says so, therefore it's true.
Believing something is true because of the consequences of its truth.
Substituting feeling for argument.
Using fear instead of evidence.