“Valuing published evidence” doesn’t necessarily equate to having a more correct theoretical framework though. Reality doesn’t grade for sentiment.
Cognitive behavioral therapists might on average be more relatable to Less Wrong members than Freudian therapists, but that doesn’t mean that prescriptions rooted in a cognitive behavioral model of the human mind are more likely to be correct or helpful.
Cognitive behavioral therapists might on average be more relatable to Less Wrong members than Freudian therapists, but that doesn’t mean that prescriptions rooted in a cognitive behavioral model of the human mind are more likely to be correct or helpful.
Yes. But if even the theory that most likely to be relatable to Less Wrong members get’s voted down because the whole emotion business is just to strange, that’s sad.
“Valuing published evidence” doesn’t necessarily equate to having a more correct theoretical framework though. Reality doesn’t grade for sentiment.
Cognitive behavioral therapists might on average be more relatable to Less Wrong members than Freudian therapists, but that doesn’t mean that prescriptions rooted in a cognitive behavioral model of the human mind are more likely to be correct or helpful.
Yes. But if even the theory that most likely to be relatable to Less Wrong members get’s voted down because the whole emotion business is just to strange, that’s sad.