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Lol. No, it doesn't. And there are great reasons not to 'steelman.' https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/against-steelmanning/ https://thingofthings

• semireg 3y ago
  Steelmanning in public may as well be mansplaining. But steelmanning inside your own head is a noble exercise.
• Vecr 3y ago
  I think steelmanning is good, depending on how much time you have for the debate. Obviously if you're going to be working on something for days with this person they should understand your position in detail and vice versa, but if you only have a couple hours or less for a debate it saves time without devolving into a point scoring war.
• jononomo 3y ago
  These are not arguments against steelmanning -- these are arguments against doing something else and calling it steelmanning. In other words, this is strawmanning steelmanning.