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> I think it's also a good idea to keep in mind the general HN guideline of "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says." "s
by DonsDiscountGas 3y ago
> I think it's also a good idea to keep in mind the general HN guideline of "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says."
"strongest" is highly subjective. I also don't think we should make things up and pretend the other person said them, which is much more commonly used to strawman, but steelmanning involves the same process.
- kdfjgbdfkjgb 3y agoyou can steelman and still be explicit that you're steelmanning and how you're interpreting what you think they meant