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Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

A steelman argument is the opposite of a strawman argument. It's where you imagine the best possible argument from your opposing side (sometimes even better than they themselves can articulate it), and address that. In other words, you treat your critics like absolutely serious people and try to address any concerns they may have with regards to your outlook.

If someone were to argue that, "yeah bitcoin is cool, but ultimately when push comes to shove the major governments are going to outlaw it, drive it into the black market as a small asset, and issue a replacement that they back as legal tender", what would your steelman argument be?

Similarly, if someone were to argue, "Look how fast they are advancing on superconductors. Quantum computing may come sooner than we think, and threaten Bitcoin's security. That's why I don't buy bitcoins", what would your steelman argument be?

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uncleJim21 2y ago

For the first one the War on Drugs or frankly the War on X proves that governments are incompetent at actually enforcing contraband. Factor in the fact that people will be driven by the primal instinct to protect the future of their children versus momentary pleasure of drugs or prostitution and I think that makes it even more futile.

For the second one I’m not an expert but I imagine that there is a solution by making even stronger encryption that makes quantum attacks too expensive

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