Of course, even if we presume that naming ideologies as “isms” causes a bad reaction but naming scientific theories doesn’t, then I suspect that a randomly chosen outsider is at least as likely to put the LW usage into the “ideology” camp as he is to put it in the “scientific theory” camp.
Of course, even if we presume that naming ideologies as “isms” causes a bad reaction but naming scientific theories doesn’t, then I suspect that a randomly chosen outsider is at least as likely to put the LW usage into the “ideology” camp as he is to put it in the “scientific theory” camp.