I think, as with most things, this is mostly a phrasing issue. I’ve said things equivalent to this before, I only think this one would be downvoted because of being a bit low on specificity. The rationality scene does seem a little culty, but I think the structure of where the cultiness is is not as bad as some scenes where cultiness levels are higher but less readily discussed or not considered bad by as many participants. Which is very much not to say things are fine, my usual claim is the rationality community is a vaguely secular religion that has produced actually toxic spinoff cults. Ooh, wait, I do have a real one, inspired by this—eliezer
I think, as with most things, this is mostly a phrasing issue. I’ve said things equivalent to this before, I only think this one would be downvoted because of being a bit low on specificity. The rationality scene does seem a little culty, but I think the structure of where the cultiness is is not as bad as some scenes where cultiness levels are higher but less readily discussed or not considered bad by as many participants. Which is very much not to say things are fine, my usual claim is the rationality community is a vaguely secular religion that has produced actually toxic spinoff cults. Ooh, wait, I do have a real one, inspired by this—eliezer