I strongly expect that “contrarian” is too general a category to really cut reality in any useful way. I think it’s mostly about signalling (want to show individuality and leadership, without being too weird).
This implies that what is “contrarian” vs “conventional” is contextual, based on which group(s) are being signaled to. I don’t know if this is a contrarian position or not—probably yes to some and no to others.
I strongly expect that “contrarian” is too general a category to really cut reality in any useful way. I think it’s mostly about signalling (want to show individuality and leadership, without being too weird).
This implies that what is “contrarian” vs “conventional” is contextual, based on which group(s) are being signaled to. I don’t know if this is a contrarian position or not—probably yes to some and no to others.
An interesting take on the topic (along with idea clustering) is : https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9KvefburLia7ptEE3/the-correct-contrarian-cluster . Eliezer makes the point (or takes for granted) that religion is one of the big topics to look for contrarianism.