qsz comments on Connection Theory Has Less Than No Evidence - Less Wrong
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Perhaps it's because of the strong overlap with LessWrong and Leverage's description of themselves as an organisation adopting an explicitly rationalist approach: see the intro post by lukeprog from early 2012.
(in fact, LW is the only place I have ever heard of Leverage and Connection Theory)
Ah, good old in-group bias...
Paying attention to what the in-group does is no bias. It makes sense to evaluate the ideas of your friends.
And does it take more than five seconds to dismiss an idea like this?