It’s a branch refutation; strongly refuted if mangled worlds is true (hence ‘may’) but somewhat more weakly refuted if it’s not.
An aside: I was under the impression that this post is outdated by now, and the idea of Devil’s advocacy has been superseded by steelmanning, a term virtually not in existence until Luke popularized it in 2011.
It’s a branch refutation; strongly refuted if mangled worlds is true (hence ‘may’) but somewhat more weakly refuted if it’s not.
An aside: I was under the impression that this post is outdated by now, and the idea of Devil’s advocacy has been superseded by steelmanning, a term virtually not in existence until Luke popularized it in 2011.