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Re:The Zizians and the Rationalist Death Cult by concordDance on Saturday February 01, 2025 @06:44PM (#42903791)
> They have, in the past, responded to criticism with statements to the effect of "anyone who would criticize us for any reason is a bad person who is lying to cause us harm". That kind of framing can't help but get culty.

I have never seen this and I've been active around this around for almost two decades now.

> isolation

Also very much doesn't match my experience. Only about a quarter of my friends are even rationalists.

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Re:The Zizians and the Rationalist Death Cult by Aurornis on Saturday February 01, 2025 @07:20PM (#42904074)
I disagree. It's common for any criticisms of rationalism or the rationalist community to be dismissed as having ulterior motives. Even the definition of rationalism is set up in a way that it is de facto good, and therefore anyone suggesting anything negative is either wrong or doesn't know what they're talking about.
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Re:The Zizians and the Rationalist Death Cult by FeepingCreature on Sunday February 02, 2025 @08:57AM (#42908662)
There are clearly criticisms with ulterior motive though, which doesn't help.
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