For me “strawmanning” means responding to a position which is imagined or made up—as opposed to responding to the person’s actual position. So if your plan really was complex, then (by my definition) you weren’t really strawmanning yourself.
Of course you are free to define “strawmanning” any way you like but I think my definition is the more commonly used and accepted one.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just write down and then assess/ameleriorate the biggest weaknesses in your plans?
For me “strawmanning” means responding to a position which is imagined or made up—as opposed to responding to the person’s actual position. So if your plan really was complex, then (by my definition) you weren’t really strawmanning yourself.
Of course you are free to define “strawmanning” any way you like but I think my definition is the more commonly used and accepted one.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just write down and then assess/ameleriorate the biggest weaknesses in your plans?
In theory, yes; in practice, this seems to work less effectively than we’d like to think.
Are there studies on this? Or is it your personal observations? If it’s the latter, what works best for you?