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Again, are you afraid you might change your mind? I like to think I have a pretty good idea of why people - whose ideas I find repulsive - believe what they do
by LAC-Tech 4y ago
Again, are you afraid you might change your mind?
I like to think I have a pretty good idea of why people - whose ideas I find repulsive - believe what they do.
In my mind that means I have the capability to change their mind. The risk I take is that they can change mine.
- XorNot 4y agoWhy are you up and down this thread defending a technique while refusing to ever enunciate a single position you think you understand, or have had your mind changed on? Afraid there might be some really good reasons they're not worth talking about?
- LAC-Tech 4y agoBecause of comments like this, basically.
- hitekker 4y agoIronically, I haven't seen steelmanning demonstrated well in this comment section. Lots of praise, specious examples. The top comment claims that a heated back-and-forth where they recommend steelmanning is a successful discussion. Hmmm. Steelmanning in practice may just be indistinguishable from trolling. The lazy redditor wants to look smarter than other redditors, by making a convoluted argument that no one believes in. It's intellectual posturing dressed up in "good faith".
- spacemanmatt 4y agoYou seem to have confused contrarianism with steelmanning.