Don't Argue Against a Version Nobody Actually Holds
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It's easy to win against a weakened caricature of someone's position. But defeating a straw man proves nothing — you haven't engaged with the real argument. Steel-man instead: find the strongest version of the opposing view and address that. You'll either discover they have a point, or your counterargument will actually be convincing.
The point
Argue against the strongest version of the opposing view, not a weakened caricature of it.
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