thinkies-check-soundness

Follow these steps:

1. Identify the synthesis

Target: $ARGUMENTS, else the synthesis or conclusion in the current context.

2. Map the load-bearing claims

Which assertions does the synthesis depend on? What would break if any proved false? Which claims support multiple parts of the conclusion?

3. Check for dropped inputs

Does each original perspective or piece of evidence appear? Was anything dismissed rather than integrated, or simplified to the point of distortion?

4. Test for internal contradictions

Does any part contradict another? Does the unified view require believing incompatible things? Does resolving one tension create new ones?

5. Challenge from multiple angles

What would a skeptic question? What would someone in each original position object to? Where would a domain expert find gaps?

6. Verify structural integrity

Does removing one piece cause collapse? Does it depend on unvalidated assumptions? Does the organizing principle actually unify what it claims to?