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Showerthoughts

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I can only imagine the difference it would make if instead of telling about your idea you could show it

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[โ€“] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. It's often called steelmanning which is the opposite of strawmanning.

[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 13 points 2 months ago

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/steelman

Thank you, that's a phrase I was not familiar with.

It seems more appropriate for critical analysis rather than communication between peers. But it's a great concept