Devil’s advocate
Risk & psychologyArguing an opposing position to test the reasoning behind a decision.
In plain terms
Only useful if the objections are allowed to stand. A token version leaves you more confident, not better calibrated.
Every term is defined twice: once the way a filing would put it, and once the way somebody would explain it to you across a table. The second one is usually the one that sticks.
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Arguing an opposing position to test the reasoning behind a decision.
Only useful if the objections are allowed to stand. A token version leaves you more confident, not better calibrated.