“Here I’ll make your argument as tough and dry as this drumstick:...”
Baffled by a relative's ideological position over dinner? Try 'steelmanning' their argument instead of strawmanning it. Nice piece by @conor64
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-highest-form-of-disagreement/531597/ …pic.twitter.com/gCE03ggAMA
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Taleb says to argue the best form of the others argument and to understand what they mean, not judge the actual words as words can always be taken out of context.
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Epictetus advises ‘make the best use of what is in your power’ (ie the turkey)
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You must play devil's advocate? Of course here is why your thoughts are tempting, and your goals lofty(genuinely). Here is why I disagree! Here is what you may not like, or fear, about my perspective. Here is why you shouldn't. I'm not flipping people, but I'm gaining ground.
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...or bradleymanning it and lock it up in some deep, dark dungeon somewhere...
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