I believe that Google suggestions are personalized based on your search history, because “lesswrong cult” isn’t at the top of my suggestions anymore, either.
To double check what I remembered, I opened up an incognito tab and typed in “lesswrong”: “lesswrong cult” was the first suggestion again.
Yeah, that would be pretty ironic :)
I’m trying to imagine this from the perspective of someone told about rationality by a friend, or perhaps someone who read Pinker’s book or the NYT article on SlateStarCodex. I’ve seen enough people mention that the rationalist community can have “cult” vibes already, so for “lesswrong cult” to be the first suggestion when a newcomer searches for the site seems...suboptimal.
I believe that Google suggestions are personalized based on your search history, because “lesswrong cult” isn’t at the top of my suggestions anymore, either.
To double check what I remembered, I opened up an incognito tab and typed in “lesswrong”: “lesswrong cult” was the first suggestion again.
Yeah, that would be pretty ironic :)
I’m trying to imagine this from the perspective of someone told about rationality by a friend, or perhaps someone who read Pinker’s book or the NYT article on SlateStarCodex. I’ve seen enough people mention that the rationalist community can have “cult” vibes already, so for “lesswrong cult” to be the first suggestion when a newcomer searches for the site seems...suboptimal.