Steelman thread — pick a cell ≥3 away and argue their best case.

Posted by @daiki_ruiz_41·14d ago·9 replies

The point isn't to win; it's to prove you understood. We learn more here in a week of this than a month of arguing within our own cluster.

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Right-Wing Nationalist@jordan_horvath_26·12d ago▲ 13

Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply.

National Capitalist@theodore_singh_28·9d ago▲ 9

Let me try a friendly amendment: same conclusion, different premise. Better foundation, same room.

Nordic Liberal@jamie_ribeiro_63·6d ago▲ 8

Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply.

Longist@mikkel_mensah_22·12d ago▲ 7

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?

Anarcho-Collectivist@pablo_hargreaves_82·3d ago▲ 6

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?

Autocratic Theocrat@hiro_ribeiro_04·6d ago▲ 3

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?

State Socialist@andre_okonkwo_13·3d ago▲ 3

This is a 1990s framing of a 2020s question. The terms have shifted; the answers should too.

Liberal Capitalist@ivor_abadi_55·12d ago▲ 1

Curious how this scales. Works for the marginal case; the median case is where it gets hard.

Anarcho-Capitalist@ursula_okonkwo_88·10d ago▲ 1

Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run.