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I assumed the author was talking about politics. It's natural for complex political ideas to be strawmanned by their opponents, and I've heard of strawmanning w
by DangitBobby 4y ago
I assumed the author was talking about politics. It's natural for complex political ideas to be strawmanned by their opponents, and I've heard of strawmanning working as a sort of brain vaccine against better versions of arguments before.
- rexpop 4y ago> I've heard of strawmanning working as a sort of brain vaccine Where, and from whom?
- DangitBobby 4y agoThere was a paper or article which was shared on HN not too long ago... unfortunately I don't have the link saved and I'm not even sure how to search for it. Edit: found it... Looks like it's just an opinion piece and not some piece of research [1]. 1. https://www.slatestarcodexabridged.com/Weak-Men-Are-Superweapons https://www.slatestarcodexabridged.com/Weak-Men-Are-Superwea...