Steelmanning means finding and extracting a rational core inside the other person’s argument, even if other parts of the argument are irrational. The goal is to use this salvaged piece in constructing our map that matches the territory.
And sometimes… the rational core just isn’t there. You dig through the mud, and there is only the mud, no hidden treasure.
Steelmanning means finding and extracting a rational core inside the other person’s argument, even if other parts of the argument are irrational. The goal is to use this salvaged piece in constructing our map that matches the territory.
And sometimes… the rational core just isn’t there. You dig through the mud, and there is only the mud, no hidden treasure.
… I didn’t realize my comment was so unclear as to need summarizing.
In other words, he didn’t think your comment added much to his original.