Debate teaches you that “evidence” means a source, not a vibe.

Debate has a narrow definition of evidence, and the narrowness is the point. A feeling that something is probably true, an argument you heard somewhere, a fact everybody knows: none of those survive the question of where they came from. Learning to ask for a source changes how you read everything, including what you already believe.

Pick one claim you repeat and try to find where you got it. If there is nothing behind it, hold it more loosely rather than defending it. Saying you believe something without being sure why is more honest than dressing it up as a fact.