Steelmanning
"Steelmanning is all about helping your counterpart by crafting the best possible version of their argument. An iron-clad one to stay in the picture. The steel man argument is the opposite of strawmanning, the (wilful) misrepresentation of a position to make it easier to attack. As such, steelmanning is a seemingly selfless act. The whole point of it is to polish up the very position you do not hold. Or at least think you don’t." - themindcollection.com
The challenge: Take a view you don't agree with and make a list of arguments in its favor, or steelman a bunch of different things.
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