Well, then I misunderstood what you meant by SteelMan.  I thought, "to SteelMan 
a proposition (is not to argue for it but) to put it in its best form in 
preparation for argument.  

N

Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
[email protected]
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ???
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 11:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Great Communicator or NLP unto TDS

Aha! But the contrarian is simply the other face opposite to steelmanner. They 
are 2 sides of the same coin. If you can't argue against positions you agree 
with, you can't argue for positions you disagree with.


On 1/12/21 8:49 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Pfffft! Being a contrarian is just being a slavish follower multiplied by 
> minus one.  I like you better as a SteelMan.  

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