Why the name “woo”? The fact that this is likely to occur in the same context as “woo” as in “woo-woo” makes me uneasy; it seems likely someone not paying attention might actually get them confused. (Well, one is a count noun and one is a mass noun, but...)
Yeah, that’s the first thing I thought of too. Especially since I often hear “woo-woo” itself abbreviated to just “woo”. I think it should be renamed, especially since a lot of people interested in the structure of argument are likely to be active in the skeptic community and therefore potentially familiar with the term in its older sense.
Yeah, that’s the first thing I thought of too. Especially since I often hear “woo-woo” itself abbreviated to just “woo”. I think it should be renamed, especially since a lot of people interested in the structure of argument are likely to be active in the skeptic community and therefore potentially familiar with the term in its older sense.