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the-second-opinion
Deliberately take the opposite position from your leaning and make you defend yours — a forced second opinion that isn't just an echo. Use when asked give me a real second opinion, don't just agree with me, argue the other way, or I need a fresh take not a yes-man. Produces a committed alternative position to whatever you're inclined toward, the strongest reasons it might be right, the questions it forces you to answer, and an honest read on whether your original leaning still stands after the challenge — countering agreement bias by construction.
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# The Second Opinion
Ask most people (and most AI) for a second opinion and you get the first one again, agreed with more enthusiastically. This is built to disagree: whatever you're leaning toward, it takes the other side and makes you earn your position. Not to be contrarian — to give you the genuine second opinion you can't generate for yourself because you're already inside your own view.
> **Not quite this?** Use `second-opinion-request` when you need to request a second medical opinion.
## What This Skill Produces
- **The opposite position** — a committed alternative to your leaning, taken seriously
- **Its strongest reasons** — the best case for going the other way
- **The questions it forces** — what you'd have to answer for your leaning to survive
- **The honest verdict** — whether your original position holds after the challenge, or whether the second opinion actually wins
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