I don’t think it’s worth worrying about. You’re getting more than rationality techniques (and such) from LessWrong, you’re also learning more about your own preferences, namely that you find that being around rational people more fun, and that, in contrast, the company of the kind of people who believe in homeopathy isn’t fun at all. I’ve had something similar happen to myself—I grew up an atheist surrounded almost exclusively by Christians, many of them fundamentalists. I much preferred the company of non-fundamentalist Christians, some of whom became my friends. But now that I have the option of being surrounded by rationalists, I find non-fundamentalist Christians as irritating as I found fundamentalist Christians before (aside from my Christian friends), and actual fundamentalists are beyond the pale. I assign a high probability to many of my future friends belonging to the rationalist cluster. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this development—it’s like, I’d rather eat gruel than dirt, but I’d rather eat pie than gruel if both are available.
Spending time in a rationalist community (or even with a few rationalists) makes you realize that things can be much better than they currently are, and that the status quo is not as good as it seemed before. Irritation is a natural reaction, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.
I don’t think it’s worth worrying about. You’re getting more than rationality techniques (and such) from LessWrong, you’re also learning more about your own preferences, namely that you find that being around rational people more fun, and that, in contrast, the company of the kind of people who believe in homeopathy isn’t fun at all. I’ve had something similar happen to myself—I grew up an atheist surrounded almost exclusively by Christians, many of them fundamentalists. I much preferred the company of non-fundamentalist Christians, some of whom became my friends. But now that I have the option of being surrounded by rationalists, I find non-fundamentalist Christians as irritating as I found fundamentalist Christians before (aside from my Christian friends), and actual fundamentalists are beyond the pale. I assign a high probability to many of my future friends belonging to the rationalist cluster. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this development—it’s like, I’d rather eat gruel than dirt, but I’d rather eat pie than gruel if both are available.
Spending time in a rationalist community (or even with a few rationalists) makes you realize that things can be much better than they currently are, and that the status quo is not as good as it seemed before. Irritation is a natural reaction, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.