I think Eliezer’s “reality is not weird” post was just trying to say that we can’t blame reality for being weird,
But one can blame a theory for finding reality weird. In particular, you seem to be using “weird” to mean frequently behaves in ways that don’t agree with our models. That should cause you to lower your confidence in the models.
But one can blame a theory for finding reality weird. In particular, you seem to be using “weird” to mean frequently behaves in ways that don’t agree with our models. That should cause you to lower your confidence in the models.