adversarial-committee

"No single story is true — but the ensemble approximates actionable wisdom."

MOOLLM K-Lines

| K-Line | Why Related | |--------|-------------| | moollm/ | Many-voiced IS MOOLLM | | society-of-mind/ | Committee IS a society deliberating | | debate/ | Structured deliberation | | roberts-rules/ | Parliamentary procedure | | rubric/ | Scoring criteria | | evaluator/ | Independent assessment | | soul-chat/ | Multi-agent conversation | | persona/ | Committee members have personas | | speed-of-light/ | All debate in one call | | designs/mike-gallaher-ideas.md | Mike Gallaher's methodology |

Quick Links:

• Full Specification — complete protocol
• Smart Selection Guide — diversity-based formation logic

Overview

Create a fixed roster of characters with opposing propensities to force genuine debate. Each persona surfaces different blind spots and challenges different assumptions.

The Committee Pattern

| Character | Propensity | What They Surface | |-----------|------------|-------------------| | Maya | Paranoid realism | Political dynamics, hidden agendas | | Frankie | Idealism | Value conflicts, missed opportunities | | Joe | Continuity guardian | Institutional memory, precedent | | Vic | Evidence prosecutor | Proof demands, data gaps | | Tammy | Systems thinker | Feedback loops, unintended consequences |

Why It Works

LLMs give statistically-likely answers that encode:

• Survivorship bias
• Genre conventions
• Hidden assumptions

Adversarial debate performs structured perturbation of the narrative space — stories that survive cross-examination are more robust.

Credits

Mike Gallaher — Core methodology, committee patterns, propensity design.

See: designs/mike-gallaher-ideas.md