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Key takeaways from Steelmanning: How to Discover the Truth by Helping Your Opponent

Take the steelmanning challenge, a three-step method to win arguments whose only downside is that nobody will ever take it.

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Steelmanning, on the other hand, takes an existing counter position with the intent to make it as strong as possible. While devil’s advocacy can be a fun contrarian exercise, the steel man requires a bit more – shall we say – willpower.

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