Anti-patternv1AP-016
Performative-devil's-advocacy anti-pattern
going through the motions of challenging one's own schemas without genuine intent to find flaws, producing a ritual of critical thinking that actually reinforces existing beliefs by creating the illusion they survived scrutiny
Why This Is an Anti-Pattern
Inverts red-team-before-reliance (Red-team-before-reliance pattern). Violates Cognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance. Recurs in corporate decision reviews, academic peer review, self-reflection theater.