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.

External Posts:
Against Steelmanning by Thing of Things

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

Posts tagged Steelmanning

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

Rob Bensinger

3y

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311The Least Convenient Possible World

Scott Alexander

17y

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

ChristianKl

3y

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198Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence

Eliezer Yudkowsky

18y

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29Straw-Steelmanning

Chris van Merwijk

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90Better Disagreement

lukeprog

14y

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182Incorrect hypotheses point to correct observations

Kaj_Sotala

4y

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53Against Devil's Advocacy

Eliezer Yudkowsky

17y

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207Steelmanning Divination

Vaniver

6y

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150Dangers of steelmanning / principle of charity

gothgirl420666

12y

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140Defending the non-central fallacy

Matthew Barnett

5y

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139How to learn soft skills

AnnaSalamon

11y

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42On the Contrary, Steelmanning Is Normal; ITT-Passing Is Niche

Zack_M_Davis

2y

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30A Practical Guide to Conflict Resolution: Comprehension

[anonymous]5y

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26Steelmanning Inefficiency

Stuart_Armstrong

11y

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