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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
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146ITT-passing and civility are good; "charity" is bad; steelmanning is niche
Rob Bensinger
10mo
35
11
286The Least Convenient Possible World
Scott Alexander
14y
202
10
26The case for using the term 'steelmanning' instead of 'principle of charity'
ChristianKl
1y
7
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150Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
119
6
30Straw-Steelmanning
Chris van Merwijk
1y
2
4
88Better Disagreement
lukeprog
12y
84
3
151Incorrect hypotheses point to correct observations
Kaj_Sotala
2y
37
3
48Against Devil's Advocacy
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
60
2
183Steelmanning Divination
Vaniver
4y
48
2
148Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity
gothgirl420666
9y
94
2
133Defending the non-central fallacy
Matthew Barnett
2y
38
2
123How to learn soft skills
AnnaSalamon
8y
29
2
29A Practical Guide to Conflict Resolution: Comprehension[anonymous]3y
0
2
26Steelmanning Inefficiency
Stuart_Armstrong
9y
27
2
19Respond to what they probably meant
Adam Zerner
8y
42
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