Postscript To APA Photo-Essay
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Follows up on
↳ The APA Meeting: A Photo-Essay — Essay · May 2019
Summary
A short follow-up to his APA-conference photo-essay, pushing back on commenters who read it as 'psychiatry is broken beyond repair.' Scott clarifies the intended mood was 'share a laugh at the excesses,' notes you could write an equally damning hit-piece on tech (Juicero/Theranos/Damore), and invokes Gell-Mann Amnesia: if you distrust hatchet jobs about fields you know, be less credulous of hatchet jobs about fields you don't -- even his own.
Why this score
Quality 60 · Strong. A fair, sensible clarification with one genuine exported nugget (Gell-Mann Amnesia applied to hatchet jobs; scum-rises-to-the-top), but brief and secondary. Solid.
Claude’s paradigm shift 38 · Slight. Slight-to-Moderate. Applies the existing Gell-Mann Amnesia concept; modest novelty.
Real-world impact 2 · Minor. A sensible clarification with one exported nugget (Gell-Mann Amnesia applied to hatchet jobs); brief and secondary within the discourse, no material reach → RWI 2.