Is anyone here skilled at avoiding strawmanning and categorizing people’s views? We could do with some tricks for this, kind of like the opposite of “feminist bingo”.
We could do with some tricks for this
But we won’t point fingers at anyone in particular, no.
Anyway, steelmanning seems like the standard approach here, if rarely used.
Is this intended as a criticism? I can’t tell.
Steelmanning is great, but you can still end up “steelmanning” your stereotype of someone’s arguments, which is more what I’m worried about.
Is anyone here skilled at avoiding strawmanning and categorizing people’s views? We could do with some tricks for this, kind of like the opposite of “feminist bingo”.
But we won’t point fingers at anyone in particular, no.
Anyway, steelmanning seems like the standard approach here, if rarely used.
Is this intended as a criticism? I can’t tell.
Steelmanning is great, but you can still end up “steelmanning” your stereotype of someone’s arguments, which is more what I’m worried about.