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Re:Why Has There Been So Little Progress on Alzheimer's Dise... by gruez on Sunday April 26, 2026 @12:53PM (#47911744)
>there is even easier way to estimate the chances of time wasting - it is a "rationalist" website, an "effective altruism"-like version of rationality.

Is that supposed to be an endorsement or a dismissal? The ostensible goals of "rationality" seem like good things, so it sounds like an endorsement, but in the wake of the FTX/SBF fallout they got a bad rap.

Re:Why Has There Been So Little Progress on Alzheimer's Dise... by trhway on Sunday April 26, 2026 @03:56PM (#47913571)
there is a big difference between a theory/idea and espousing the theory/idea as an ideology.