pedanterrific comments on Diseased disciplines: the strange case of the inverted chart - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Morendil 07 February 2012 09:45AM

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Comment author: Morendil 06 February 2012 05:33:18PM 6 points [-]

You don't call a person diseased because they fail to respond to a cure: you call them diseased because they show certain symptoms.

This disease is widespread in the community, and has even been shown to cross the layman-scientist barrier.

Comment author: pedanterrific 06 February 2012 09:12:33PM 1 point [-]

Um. It might have been intentional, in which case disregard this, but Unfortunate Implication warning: laymen have brains too.