Article was fine, until the Rationalism shout-out at the end (the link to LessWrong was a major red flag). That community is Very Concerned with race and eugeni

Article was fine, until the Rationalism shout-out at the end (the link to LessWrong was a major red flag). That community is Very Concerned with race and eugenics and genetic determinism and are Just Asking Questions and is largely convinced it knows better than all the experts. There’s a reason Scott Alexander deleted his blog rather than let the light of the NYT shine on it. It would’ve painted him in a very unflattering light, so he decided to “become the story” instead., and his surprise gambit was a massive success at the time. Here at HN the pitchforks were out for the New York Times, and I confess I was even carrying one of those pitchforks. The rationalist community operates at its best in the semi-dark where its ideas and culture aren’t subject to heavy scrutiny. Would be nice if an intrepid and famous journalist would dig deep but there are dragons lurking there and the operating individuals are exceedingly clever and good at camouflage. Anyway the rationalist community is a bit of siren song for nerds. I fell for it once and took the bait, so I’m here trying to be more than a mere rock and warning other individuals to be skeptical as they read SA’s seductive prose. Don’t drink the epistemological poison of the rationalist community.