Steelmanning

Edited by Ruby, Yoav Ravid, Multicore, mstevens, et al. last updated 14th Feb 2021

Steelmanning is the act of taking a view, or opinion, or argument and constructing the strongest possible version of it. It is the opposite of strawmanning.

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Against Steelmanning by Thing of Things

See also: Disagreement, Ideological Turing Tests, Least convenient possible world

Posts tagged Steelmanning

163ITT-passing and civility are good; "charity" is bad; steelmanning is niche

Rob Bensinger

3y

36

309The Least Convenient Possible World

Scott Alexander

17y

204

26The case for using the term 'steelmanning' instead of 'principle of charity'

ChristianKl

3y

7

192Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence

Eliezer Yudkowsky

18y

122

29Straw-Steelmanning

Chris van Merwijk

3y

2

90Better Disagreement

lukeprog

14y

84

180Incorrect hypotheses point to correct observations

Kaj_Sotala

4y

40

51Against Devil's Advocacy

Eliezer Yudkowsky

17y

60

206Steelmanning Divination

Vaniver

6y

49

149Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity

gothgirl420666

12y

94

140How to learn soft skills

AnnaSalamon

11y

29

140Defending the non-central fallacy

Matthew Barnett

5y

38

46On the Contrary, Steelmanning Is Normal; ITT-Passing Is Niche

Zack_M_Davis

2y

31

30A Practical Guide to Conflict Resolution: Comprehension

[anonymous]5y

0

26Steelmanning Inefficiency

Stuart_Armstrong

11y

27

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