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by TomatoDash 1920 days ago
> That's not at all how a steel man argument works

With steelmanning I mean "the act of taking a view, or opinion, or argument and constructing the strongest possible version of it."[1] If you dispute that definition[2] then mentally swap the term to one you think better fits what I proposed.

[1] https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/steelmanning

[2] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7X2j8HAkWdmMoS8PE/disputing-...