Review a Source for Bias
Added 2026-11-04
Ask who funds it, who is affected, what is omitted.
I am using a source to make a judgement (source below). Review its bias: 1) identify the author's or institution's incentives; 2) list three kinds of information it may omit; 3) point out where the conclusion comes before the evidence; 4) find two sources with different positions for cross-checking; 5) grade which conclusions I can trust and which need a question mark. Do not just say "it is biased".
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How to use
审来源不是找错误，是找「它希望你相信什么」。
Try tweaking it
- Ask for one diagnostic question first to locate where you are stuck.
- Replace "explain it" with "give three progressive exercises; correct me after I answer".
What you should get
- A diagnosis of exactly where you are stuck
- A small set of self-checkable exercises
Common mistakes
- Asking it to explain from scratch, and still not knowing where you went wrong.
- Memorising the explanation as the answer, then failing on any variant.
How to check the output
- It names exactly where you are stuck instead of re-explaining everything.
- Exercises are graded and self-checkable.
Where it works
- Good for: diagnosing where you are stuck, then giving the smallest exercise instead of a lecture.
- Watch out: ask it to flag uncertainty rather than memorising a confident but wrong explanation.