fubarobfusco comments on Open thread, Nov. 17 - Nov. 23, 2014 - Less Wrong
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I don't see sixes_and_sevens labeling people as crackpots:
(Emphasis added.)
In other words, it's not that someone has or lacks the crackpot label. Rather, there is a "crackpot narrative", a sort of failure mode of reasoning, which people can subscribe to (or repeat to themselves or others) to a greater or lesser extent.
The difference is significant. It's like the difference between saying "Joe is a biased person" and saying "Joe sure does seem to exhibit fundamental attribution error an awful lot of the time, doesn't he?"