Some of us enjoy the challenge of finding rationalist ideas in unlikely places—or fitting ideas from non-rational sources into a rationalist framework. In this case, it seems fairly easy to do so. As Markus already points out, it is important to keep your mind from becoming infected with bad stuff.
Indeed it is. But the way you fight “memetic infection” in the real world is to take a look at the bad stuff and see where it goes wrong, not to isolate yourself from harmful ideas.
Some of us enjoy the challenge of finding rationalist ideas in unlikely places—or fitting ideas from non-rational sources into a rationalist framework. In this case, it seems fairly easy to do so. As Markus already points out, it is important to keep your mind from becoming infected with bad stuff.
Indeed it is. But the way you fight “memetic infection” in the real world is to take a look at the bad stuff and see where it goes wrong, not to isolate yourself from harmful ideas.
Yes. In this metaphor, the guard at the gates takes a look at the bad stuff and decides against letting it into the fortress.