Hi! I hope your day is going well. Here’s a few things about me you might find interesting:
-I’m nonbinary
-I got introduced to this community by reading HPMoR and then listening to an audio version of “Rationality: From AI to Zombies.”
-I don’t spend much time on this forum. I’m mostly here because I like some of the ideas I’ve seen, not to build relationships with the people
-I’m on the spectrum (I expect lots of you are too ♥️)
I’m not sure if this thought will come out right. But I recently had demonstrated to me that the Sequence on cults was actually onto something true beyond the scope of this community, not just an evil genius persuading me his cult isn’t what it looks like. It’s a relief, in a way.
I’d previously seen some unthinking allegations of cultishness in the LessWrong community, ones that looked exactly like the instinctive flinches from weird beliefs I’d read about. But I was on some level worried I’d been taught to unthinkingly dismiss valid criticism. I recently saw an allegation of cultishness around here that didn’t seem unthinking, and it was uncomfortable to consider, and I’ll have to look into whether I believe it or not, but I’m relieved I can tell the difference.
Whether or not y’all’re a cult, there’s some good ideas here and I’m glad to have learned them.