I certainly don’t feel that my ability for independent thought (weak as it is) would survive a switch to woo. What do others think?
If you have enough social contact with rationalists, I don’t think the danger of drifting to deep into woo is big. Social feedback from people who think rigorously is likely to keep you in a good sphere.
I seriously doubt that’ll ever happen. The closest I would expect is if the community schisms on an axis like “Is mythic mode okay to use?” and the mantle of “rationalist” is seen as moving with the “yes” camp. And I think that whole schism would be dumb and would make both groups dumber regardless of what happens to which labels.
If you have enough social contact with rationalists, I don’t think the danger of drifting to deep into woo is big. Social feedback from people who think rigorously is likely to keep you in a good sphere.
Not if all rationalists start taking up woo.
I seriously doubt that’ll ever happen. The closest I would expect is if the community schisms on an axis like “Is mythic mode okay to use?” and the mantle of “rationalist” is seen as moving with the “yes” camp. And I think that whole schism would be dumb and would make both groups dumber regardless of what happens to which labels.