[jltsiren]

I meant that the word "reductionist" is usually an accusation of ignorance. It's not something people doing reductionist work actually use.

[nyeah]

But that common use of the word is ignorant nonsense. So, yes, someone is wrong on the internet. So what?

[jltsiren]

The context here was a claim that reducibility is usually a goal of intellectual pursuits. Which is empirically false, as there are many academic fields with a negative view of reductionism.