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For what it's worth, I was the ED of the Center for Applied Rationality for a couple years, and I have basically the same criticism of the culture. You could fa

For what it's worth, I was the ED of the Center for Applied Rationality for a couple years, and I have basically the same criticism of the culture. You could fairly summarize a lot of conversations I've had as "Your study sucks, and anyway it doesn't say what you think it says." I do think there are a lot of smart people who "rationalist-affiliated" who get this more right than wrong though.

enjeyw 6y ago
That's what drew me to the idea of 'lesswrong'; an acknowledgement that we all kinda suck at this and your argument is almost certainly wrong in some way, but if we approach with good intentions and open minds, at least the arguments will be _interesting_.
- causality0 6y ago
  LessWrong is another altar at which your worship should include a grain of salt. They have quite a lot of great articles but they often fail to do a sanity check when their conclusions become ridiculous. See also, the Roko's basilisk stupidity.
  - a1369209993 6y ago
    That is as true or more of every altar[0], so I'm not sure what your point is. 0: "Worship me without salt or die!" is a reason to engage in premeditated deicide, not worship.
    - causality0 6y ago
      Reading the articles it's very easy to get an impression that LessWrong is a "best of the best" community.
      - a1369209993 6y ago
        They are. But that's a very depressing statement about everyone else. About them it's more damning with faint praise.