reason
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There is a fallacy which I would like to commit more often, we can call it the iron man fallacy, the opposite of the straw man fallacy. It begins with a weak argument, perhaps offerred by an opponent in debate, which is then improved upon until it resembles something quite sensible, almost reasonable. Then the discussion proceeds by analysing and criticising the newly forged iron man. There have been many issues on which the iron man fallacy has been very productive and educational to me, and I encourage everyone to give it a try.