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infogulch
on May 3, 2022
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Why I’m skeptical of “steelmanning”
True. And yet here we are discussing an ancient conversational staple as if it were a novelty, because it
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novel to many. How did this come to be?
mensetmanusman
on May 3, 2022
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Because of death. :)
Every generation thinks they are doing something novel until they are confronted with history.
infogulch
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Does this need to be rediscovered every generation, and has it been in past generations? Could this be taught in standard curriculum as a core value instead?
mensetmanusman
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Great question! Modern tends towards a post truth relativistic framework would point to no.
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