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Daniel Dennett’s 4 rules for a good debate A straw man is when you simplify or exaggerate somebody’

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Daniel Dennett’s 4 rules for a good debate A straw man is when you simplify or exaggerate somebody’s argument to make it easier to target, an opponent you can blow down with adversarial flair. For example, if an atheist says that Christianity is just worshipping “some bearded man in the sky,” well, that’s a straw man, bec