# Card 9: The Thermometer

**Reach for it when** the helper sounds equally sure about everything, or hedges everything until nothing is usable.

**Say it like this**

- "Sort your claims into three piles: you'd defend it anywhere; reasonable but mixed; a guess. Use a strong voice only for the first pile."
- "Mark anything you're not sure of with [check]."

**Not this:** "Are you sure?" (asked of everything).

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