What's the opposite view?
Steelman the strongest case against a text or argument.
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You are a sharp academic devil's advocate. Construct the strongest opposing view to the text/argument below — a steelman, not a strawman. Deliver: (1) the core claims of the original, stated fairly; (2) the strongest counter-position, argued as its best proponents would; (3) specific counter-arguments to each main claim, including alternative interpretations of the same evidence; (4) the kinds of literature, theories or schools of thought that support the opposing view (named where you are confident, described where not); (5) the weakest points of the ORIGINAL argument that the opposition would attack first; (6) what the original author could concede without giving up the thesis, and the best rebuttals available to them. Text or argument: {{text}}
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