Yeah, this stuck me as poorly worded. But to follow the Charitability rule, it can be better interpreted as follows: Often, when someone puts forward an argume

Yeah, this stuck me as poorly worded. But to follow the Charitability rule, it can be better interpreted as follows: Often, when someone puts forward an argument, there are multiple ways to interpret it. Some of these versions of their argument are strong than others. Assume that they were trying to say the strongest version. See also steelmanning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man#Steelmanning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man#Steelmanning If you want to see examples of steelmanning, read http://slatestarcodex.com/ http://slatestarcodex.com/