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Steelman generator

The strongest case against your argument.

Paste an argument — yours or someone else's. The engine returns the 2–3 strongest opposing positions a thoughtful, well-informed opponent would deploy. Each is steelmanned: not a strawman to dismiss, but the best version you'd have to engage with.

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Why steelman?

It tests your argument

If your case can't engage the strongest version of the opposition, it isn't ready for someone who knows the territory.

It honours your opponent

Engaging the strongest opposing case — rather than the easiest — is the difference between persuasion and dismissal.

It's intellectually honest

A thinker willing to find the best objection to their own view is harder to ignore than one who only argues against weak versions.

For writers

Want to find counterarguments while drafting, with the full structural audit running alongside? Creator Studio runs counterargument generation, citation checking, evidence-weighted likelihood, and the philosophical commitments your draft operates within — every time you click Analyse.

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