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    Your Attempt To Solve Debate Will Not Work

    Astral Codex Ten Podcast · May 20, 2026 · 9 min
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    As a blogger, I hear about lots of projects to "solve debate", or "disagree better", or "map arguments". Often these are ACX grant applications. I always turn them down. They're well-intentioned, sophisticated, and doomed. I appreciate that Internet arguments usually don't go well, that there are lots of ways to improve them, and that this is a worthy cause. But I've also seen a dozen projects…

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