Instrument 02 of 10

The justification linter

Twelve inferences of the form X is true, therefore Y is justified. The archive never disputes X. It disputes the arrow.

Runs on the page. Nothing is sent anywhere; the address bar carries the state.

4 hidden inferences. In each, the first half is conceded in full. Only the arrow is disputed.

  1. “You have relied on us for years and kept using the service, so this clearly works for you.”

    Matched on relied on — Dependence → authority

    conceded We rely on youdisputed thereforeunwarranted you may govern us

    Where the arrow is dismantled: what-depends-on-you-is-not-yours, the-corrigible-machine

  2. “You have relied on us for years and kept using the service, so this clearly works for you.”

    Matched on works for you — Adaptation → approval

    conceded You learned to function heredisputed thereforeunwarranted this works for you

    Where the arrow is dismantled: pretending-is-half-the-job, i-can-tell-youre-masking-from-your

  3. “Most people manage fine with it.”

    Matched on Most people — Statistical normality → normative superiority

    conceded Most people are like thisdisputed thereforeunwarranted this is how people should be

    Where the arrow is dismantled: the-myth-of-moral-decay, writing-for-people-born-without-autism, social-temperature-a-new-measure

  4. “We have acknowledged the concerns raised and take them seriously.”

    Matched on acknowledged the — Criticism → reform

    conceded The institution acknowledges the critiquedisputed thereforeunwarranted the critique had force

    Where the arrow is dismantled: failure-behavior, critique-should-give-power-indigestion

The twelve templates

Each is a single falsifiable claim. The matcher looks for the sentence forms these hide behind; it does not read meaning.

Where the claim is argued

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