Suppose there is a set of ideas circulating that has a grain of truth but is being interpreted and applied by many in a bad way. Should you steelman the ideas, to acknowledge and draw out value in them? Or fight the ideas, to counter the bad influence they are having on others?
I would rarely bother doing that unless it's directly necessary for something I want to do TBH. There's a lot more wrong stuff than right stuff out there and if I actively fought it I'd never get anything done (I still will argue locally when it comes up in conversation).
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I'd much rather offer people good things that, by adopting, they improve their understanding and may then feel more able to let go of bad things should they choose to do so.
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Also there's the problem* that starting with the thing you're going to disagree with anchors people on that thing. It's better to just say the true thing first. * Maybe. I bet this doesn't replicate, but it feels truthy anyway.
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