Are Woo Non-Responders Defective?

Scott on whether 'woo non-responders' (people who don't benefit from yoga/bodywork/IFS/somatic therapy) are 'defective.' Four competing hypotheses: (1) woo is universally great but harder for the dissociated/traumatized; (2) I'm-OK-you're-OK (body vs mind processing, neither better); (3) woo treats a specific defect (maladaptive emotion-shunting into the body); (4) woo correlates with a defect (no real skill, just energy-whoosh feelings; the sickest are drawn to it). With the sharp insight that a well-functioning body part 'feels like nothing' (U-shaped bodily-awareness curve) and the coping-strategy-vs-risk-factor puzzle (schizophrenia + nicotine).

Quality 66 · Strong. A clean conceptual taxonomy on a specific question, with a genuinely sharp insight (the U-shaped bodily-awareness curve: being 'in touch with your body' may signal dysfunction) and the real psychiatric coping-vs-risk-factor puzzle. Strong, brief (1.5k) and deliberately unresolved.

Claude’s paradigm shift 46 · Moderate. Moderate-minus - the 4-possibilities framing + the U-shaped-awareness insight are fresh; a modest reframe.

Real-world impact 2 · Minor. 2 - discourse essay; no material reach.