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Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:26PM (#44880794)
It's very tempting to try to reason things through from first principles. I do it myself, a lot. It's one of the draws of libertarianism, which I've been drawn to for a long time.

But the world is way more complex than the models we used to derive those "first principles".

Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by BobaFloutist on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @07:49PM (#44883124)
It's also very fun and satisfying. But it should be limited to an intellectual exercise at best, and more likely a silly game. Because there's no true first principle, you always have to make some assumption along the way.