MENTAL MODEL · M9094

Adversarial Collaboration

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

In adversarial collaboration, researchers who hold opposing views jointly design the test and specify beforehand which outcomes would support each position. The procedure removes the room for post hoc reinterpretation, turning a dispute about who is right into a question about which evidence would settle it. The qualification is that the agreement must be specific and the results published, since a vague protocol can still be reinterpreted after the fact.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

- Use Joint Protocol: write the design and the interpretation rules with the opposing party before running anything. - Use Outcome Precommitment: state in advance which result would make you abandon your own position.

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Anchor fast decisions

Once data exist, both sides can construct explanations that preserve their prior view, and the dispute continues indefinitely. Committing to the interpretation rules while the outcome is still unknown removes that freedom, so the evidence decides rather than the rhetoric.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

Have both sides state their claims precisely and openly. 2. Design a test together that could distinguish them. 3. Agree in writing which results support which claim. 4. Run the study exactly as the protocol was agreed. 5. Accept and publish the conclusion regardless of preference.

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