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Stress-test the main argument
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Identify the dominant argument across the sources, then attack it the way a hostile reviewer would.
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Identify the dominant argument across this notebook — the position the sources collectively push hardest — and then stress-test it. Step 1 — State the dominant argument in one paragraph. Quote the two sources that articulate it most clearly. Step 2 — Generate the 5 strongest objections to it. For each: - A one-sentence statement of the objection. - The intellectual tradition or kind of expert who would press it. - The part of the notebook the objection would attack first. - The single concrete piece of evidence that would make this objection devastating. Step 3 — Identify the blind spots. What is the argument failing to consider that isn't quite an objection — adjacent risks, missing constituencies, second-order effects, fragile dependencies? Step 4 — Verdict. After running the gauntlet, where does the argument hold and where does it crack? In 3–4 sentences, name the modified version of the argument that would actually survive scrutiny. Be adversarial but fair. The goal is to find what's true, not to win.
How to use it
- 1Open your notebook at notebooklm.google.com.
- 2Replace the [bracketed] parts with your specifics.
- 3Paste the prompt into the chat box and send it.
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