
Episode 2: Upgrading our knowledge systems
The Human Flourishing Project
Steel Man, Not Straw Man
The idea of erecting a straw man of your opponent is to misrepresent an argument. What what we really want is steel man, i learn this term from sam harris. And imagine how valuable it would be if we had experts in these different fields who would portray the best view of others. For examp, i have a fantasy, and i have an idea of how to make this pantasy come true in the realm of nutrition. I want all the different major theories, i want to have their experts respond to the best version of the theories of the others.
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