Exactly. The Rational movement is well optimized for signaling their intelligence. Everything from the fanfiction to the explicit partitioning of people into ra

Exactly. The Rational movement is well optimized for signaling their intelligence. Everything from the fanfiction to the explicit partitioning of people into rational and non-rational groups is meant to signal how smart they are. Sometimes that means they encourage genuinely smart practices. Autodidactism is great. Learning math and computer science is great. But the game is fundamentally to appear smart, often via contrarian views. That doesn't always align with safe medical practices.