Comment by mrbungie

1 day ago

You should steel-man the argument. GP is talking about qualia, obviously for the sake of the argument you assume the comparison is between two people with similar eyes.

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hyperhello  1 day ago

Steel-man is such a weird expression. There are no steel men. How about saying "The opponent's best argument".

  • collingreen  20 hours ago

    The steel men (armored enemy knights) are exactly the inverse of the straw man (training dummy) metaphor. I think it's a fantastic term since it directly addresses the point (tackle the best opposing arguments head on instead of a poor subset/facsimile of them), it fits within the existing straw man metaphor, it's terse, and it's very clear.