[BaronSamedi]

Lumpers vs Splitters is a fun categorization. When I see a group of things categorized I view it as a set partition and I wonder what equivalence relation is being used to distinguish the partitions (categories). The relation is usually unstated so it becomes a mental exercise to steelman the categorization by trying to think of one.

[klawed]

“Lumpers vs Splitters” is itself a splitting or a lumping?

[smichel17]

Lumping, for sure. There's people in the middle who recognize the difference between rap and jazz, but not the different variants within.

[swyx]

to mangle Jim Barksdale: there are only 2 ways to create insights - bundling ideas or unbundling them.