DeVliegendeHollander comments on Rationality Quotes Thread March 2015 - Less Wrong
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The quote basically describes the principle of charity 2.0: you seek to understand the logic of a position foreign to you not just to refute it or to convince the other person, or to construct a compromise. You do it to better understand your own side and any potential fallacies you ordinarily do not see in your own logic.
What if your understanding is "it has no valid logic"?