You're welcome to say EA is a cult if you include the caveat that "by cult, I mean a thing that gives lots of money and upvotes to people who criticize it". Th

You're welcome to say EA is a cult if you include the caveat that "by cult, I mean a thing that gives lots of money and upvotes to people who criticize it". That way it will be clear that your definition of "cult" is broad enough to include things like that. Not everyone defines the word so broadly. BTW, for people reading this discussion, here's an alternative explanation of why EA tends to be controversial: https://www.richardhanania.com/p/effective-altruism-thinks-youre-hitler https://www.richardhanania.com/p/effective-altruism-thinks-y...