helldalgo comments on The meta-strategy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Elo 04 August 2016 02:44:14AM -2 points [-]

Disdain for the existing literature is common on LW.

I want to point out that 5 love languages is not literature so much as pop psyc (in that it has no peer review). Humans are filled with noise and complicated cases. There is no reason why 6 love languages would not explain communication better than 4 would than 5 would.

Other than the fact that many humans agree with the book (leading it to be popular).

Science goes: generate theory test theory publish results

pop goes: generate theory publish theory let the public be the judge.

I am suggesting people do the more science-based iteration route than the pop-route.

Comment author: helldalgo 04 August 2016 05:32:33AM 0 points [-]

Fair enough. I still think the risk of someone coming up with "The 1 Love Language" is high enough that outside sources are worth pursuing. Obviously "The Six Love Languages" would have sufficed in a similar way.