Vol. I · October 2026 Instruments bench
Instruments
Small protocols to run, then examine.
Interactive protocol · Eighteen items
Should I Get a PhD?
An evaluative instrument about the doctorate. It measures more than your answers.
Mechanism
It probes conviction, financial endurance, and advisor alignment.
Simulated defense · cross-examination
The Committee Room
Study a doomed proposal. Defend it before three examiners who interrupt. The debrief explains what was measured.
Mechanism
A hostile methodological cross-examination.