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You should steel-man the argument. GP is talking about qualia, obviously for the sake of the argument you assume the comparison is between two people with simil
by mrbungie 10mo ago
You should steel-man the argument. GP is talking about qualia, obviously for the sake of the argument you assume the comparison is between two people with similar eyes.
- hyperhello 10mo agoSteel-man is such a weird expression. There are no steel men. How about saying "The opponent's best argument".
- collingreen 10mo agoThe steel men (armored enemy knights) are exactly the inverse of the straw man (training dummy) metaphor. I think it's a fantastic term since it directly addresses the point (tackle the best opposing arguments head on instead of a poor subset/facsimile of them), it fits within the existing straw man metaphor, it's terse, and it's very clear.
- hyperhello 10mo agoThanks for replying.