Rationality ≡ Riches
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Scott has a long post defining and defending a particular version of "rationality", focusing on Steven Pinker's recent book and a review of it by...

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  • DJMSilver [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Can anyone tell me what the subreddit the SneerClub is about? Is it just dunking on Nu-Atheism politics from the Left perspective?

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Mostly LessWrong people, SSC, nRx... Generally people that call themselves rational and have made a weird little cult about it.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        They'd be less disturbing if their cult leaders didn't get paid millions by billionaires for their bootlicking takes.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It's for dunking on capital-r "Rationalists" in particular, especially self-described "LessWrong" devotees.

      This somethingawful thread, while old, sums them up nicely.

      https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3627012&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1

      This is also related, unfortunately.

      https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3653939