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Steelmanning
Ideological Turing Tests
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Hypotheticals
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Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
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ITT-passing and civility are good; "charity" is bad; steelmanning is niche
Rob Bensinger
5mo
35
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Overton Gymnastics: An Exercise in Discomfort
Shoshannah Tekofsky
3mo
15
302
The Least Convenient Possible World
Scott Alexander
13y
205
24
Straw-Steelmanning
Chris van Merwijk
5mo
2
7
A Quick Ontology of Agreement
ravedon
5mo
2
31
Unpopular ideas attract poor advocates: Be charitable
8y
61
19
The case for using the term 'steelmanning' instead of 'principle of charity'
ChristianKl
6mo
7
50
A Prodigy of Refutation
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
20
5
Steelmanning the Chinese Room Argument
cousin_it
5y
313
85
Better Disagreement
lukeprog
11y
84
12
Respond to what they probably meant
Adam Zerner
7y
42
91
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Argument
palladias
9y
96
161
Incorrect hypotheses point to correct observations
Kaj_Sotala
4y
37
11
Inward and outward steelmanning
Q Home
5mo
5
18
Hypotheticals: The Direct Application Fallacy
Chris_Leong
4y
19
2
Hypothetical situations are not meant to exist
casebash
7y
22
21
A note on hypotheticals
PhilGoetz
13y
18
5
Updating on hypotheticals
casebash
7y
22
35
Please Don't Fight the Hypothetical
TimS
10y
65