btrettel comments on Respond to what they probably meant - Less Wrong

11 Post author: adamzerner 17 January 2015 11:37PM

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 18 January 2015 04:27:56PM 6 points [-]

Isn't this the principle of charity?

Comment author: btrettel 18 January 2015 05:58:09PM 4 points [-]

Yes, and "steelmanning" is the stronger form of the idea.