Well… not by default. Your taxonomy makes sense to me at first pass though.
My experience is that the middle one you name isn’t really a natural cluster. If I had to round LW to either sciencebasedmedicine.org or woo-heavy, there’s no challenge. It’s not even a little hard.
Part of the problem is that “woo” isn’t actually a natural cluster either. It’s a derogatory reference to models and methods that fall outside a certain paradigm.
But I do think that woo allergy is a coherent pattern. And yeah, LW isn’t as bad with it as some circles — but it’s severe enough here that it seems worth speaking to. It’s hard to have a conversation in a context full of memetic allergic reactions, so offering a mild memetic antihistamine tends to go better.
Well… not by default. Your taxonomy makes sense to me at first pass though.
My experience is that the middle one you name isn’t really a natural cluster. If I had to round LW to either sciencebasedmedicine.org or woo-heavy, there’s no challenge. It’s not even a little hard.
Part of the problem is that “woo” isn’t actually a natural cluster either. It’s a derogatory reference to models and methods that fall outside a certain paradigm.
But I do think that woo allergy is a coherent pattern. And yeah, LW isn’t as bad with it as some circles — but it’s severe enough here that it seems worth speaking to. It’s hard to have a conversation in a context full of memetic allergic reactions, so offering a mild memetic antihistamine tends to go better.