How do you challenge assumptions and mitigate confirmation bias during synthesis?

This tests whether you rely on repeatable structural defenses against confirmation bias rather than vague mindfulness. A strong answer names a concrete protocol such as pre-mortem hypothesis reversal, silent affinity mapping with cross-coder checks, or structured peer debriefs. It shows how you explicitly separate raw evidence from interpretation, maintain a contradiction log for disconfirming data, and triangulate findings against behavioral logs or analytics.