Question 1

How is this different from asking ChatGPT to roleplay as a historical figure?

Accepted Answer

We don't use persona prompts. Each framework is extracted using the Critical Decision Method (CDM) — the same methodology NASA uses to study expert decision-making. Frameworks are built from documented historical incidents and real decisions, not personality imitation.

Question 2

What is the Critical Decision Method?

Accepted Answer

The Critical Decision Method is a cognitive task analysis technique developed for studying expert decision-making in high-stakes environments. It involves analyzing documented incidents to extract the cues experts noticed, the mental models they applied, and the decision patterns they followed.

Question 3

Why use multiple frameworks instead of just one?

Accepted Answer

The value isn't in any single framework's answer — it's where they disagree. When Machiavelli says 'seize leverage now' and Marie Curie says 'you don't have enough evidence yet,' that tension reveals your blind spots. The convergence synthesis then shows where they agree, giving you a high-confidence signal.

Question 4

What is AI trendslop?

Accepted Answer

Trendslop is a term coined in a 2026 Harvard Business Review study that found all major AI models cluster around the same generic, buzzword-heavy strategic advice. Consult The Dead is designed as the opposite: structured disagreement from genuinely different reasoning frameworks.

Name the decision before you pick the council.

What kind of decision are you facing?

Name the decision before you pick the council.

What kind of decision are you facing?