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Steelman your own idea before you kill it
An opponent that attacks a weak version of your idea is worthless, and so is one that defends a weak version of the objection. The discipline that makes adversarial review honest is the steelman.
An opponent that attacks a weak version of your idea is worthless, and so is one that defends a weak version of the objection. The discipline that makes adversarial review honest is the steelman.
Every startup-validation tool hands the founder a better mirror. What protects a company idea is an opponent: an independent check built to find the flaw, not to agree.