...a church is an organization or movement which tells people how to think.
LessWrong: A community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality. Funny seeing Moldbug’s implicit criticism of LessWrong.
But, I disagree with Moldbug here. Most generally, a church tells people what to value. If one mistakenly believes in objective value, then Moldbug’s definition would entail telling people what to value as well, but it doesn’t have to. LessWrong could be used by Clippy just as well as you or me.
Moldbug defines a “church”:
LessWrong: A community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality. Funny seeing Moldbug’s implicit criticism of LessWrong.
But, I disagree with Moldbug here. Most generally, a church tells people what to value. If one mistakenly believes in objective value, then Moldbug’s definition would entail telling people what to value as well, but it doesn’t have to. LessWrong could be used by Clippy just as well as you or me.