It's nice to see Bayesian arguments used to refute the Bayesian arguments used by the cult itself, too.
Big Yud claiming to know "the secrets of the universe" makes him A FUCKING CULT LEADER. Full stop.
It's nice to see Bayesian arguments used to refute the Bayesian arguments used by the cult itself, too.
Big Yud claiming to know "the secrets of the universe" makes him A FUCKING CULT LEADER. Full stop.
What's wrong with being rational?
Nothing. It's that there's people who call themselves rationalists who say things like we should bring back slavery because of some extremely tenuous "utilitarianism" argument, and argu that they are the only objective thinkers. It's basically a mixture of reddit atheists and Elon musk fanboys.
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"Rationalism" as a self labeled movement is what is wrong. It claims to be based in rational thinking when it's actually based on Harry Potter fanfiction and the ego trip of said Harry Potter fanfiction's author and all of his personal biases. It isn't rational, but it calls itself "rationalism" and it's effective enough that random strangers can assume that criticism of "rationalism" is a criticism of being rational.
Can I get a summary of wtf this is all about somewhere? Who are these people?
I can try to link a very short summary.
There's so much to it, and this may seem a silly place to start, but it is truly a cult of silly people paid millions by billionaires such as Peter Thiel to put their silliness on blast.
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3627012&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
There's being rational (which is logical 🖖), and then there's being "Rational" (which is when you base your worldview on a fucking Harry Potter fanfiction and live in fear of an evil computer god that doesn't exist yet).