That's what's weird about Searle. He posited a great strawman that exposes the fallacy of taking "machines can't think" as an axiom, but he claims the straw man

That's what's weird about Searle. He posited a great strawman that exposes the fallacy of taking "machines can't think" as an axiom, but he claims the straw man is a steel man. It is as though he is a sacrificial troll, making himself look silly to encourage everyone who can reject this straw man.