RichardKennaway comments on How could one (and should one) convert someone from pseudoscience? - Less Wrong Discussion
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Everything is dangerous.
If it works, it can be misapplied.
If it doesn't work, it displaces effort from things that do work.
Sure, but inside view/contrarianism/knowledge of most biases seem like things that ideally should be reserved for when you know what you're doing, which the person described in the OP probably doesn't.