To score a Two-Column Conversational Analysis with Coherence Busting as the goal, look in your left-hand column and find as many unsupported conclusions as you can about others’ thoughts or motivations. Look for signals like the words “obviously” or “clearly,” as well as statements that don’t have a firm basis in the right-hand column—for example, the assertion that the other person is denigrating your work without an explicit statement, like “I don’t believe your project is up to scratch.” To check if you’ve identified an unsupported conclusion, apply some Coherence Busting by trying to think
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