Coaching styles

The coach can push you in four different ways. Pick the one that fits what you're learning, or let the coach pick.

Style	Pushes you to…	Good for
feynman	explain it in plain words, as if to a beginner, with no jargon	technical ideas, how things work
socratic	defend your claims against counter-examples	arguments and beliefs
cornell	state the author's thesis and how they argue for it	book chapters, essays
devil	name failure modes, trade-offs and when the idea doesn't apply	methods and best practices

How the style is chosen

The first of these that is set wins:

1. --style on the command line,
2. a style: field in the note's frontmatter,
3. sparring.style in your configuration,
4. otherwise the coach picks one by reading the note.

To fix a style for one note, add it to the note's frontmatter:

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style: devil
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The judge holds each answer to the bar of the style it was sparred in, so a plain-words Feynman answer isn't failed for skipping the author's argument.