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		choxi on July 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Singularity U, or Singularity Woo? is "woo" a well known concept? I feel like this post would be much more popular if it didn't use such an obscure word in its title

zargon on July 5, 2012 | [–]

It's well-known to the people reading skepticblog.

unimpressive on July 6, 2012 | [–]

Yes.

I had to pause a second to search my mental vocabulary database to make sure it was what I thought it was, but yeah. I wouldn't say it's the most common word used to describe the concept, but I would think that it would be well known.

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