My coworkers and I use a related technique all the time, e.g.: "I think X, Y, and Z are true." "If those are true, then A should also be true. But A seems clea

My coworkers and I use a related technique all the time, e.g.: "I think X, Y, and Z are true." "If those are true, then A should also be true. But A seems clearly false." "Hmmm...I agree A is surprising, but not clearly false. What would distinguish a world in which A was true or not?" "Well, if A was true, we'd expect B, otherwise C." "Ok, I agree C seems much more likely than B, so that suggests one of X, Y, or Z is wrong."