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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Recommended reading for new rationalists - Less Wrong
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what the hell?
What does the cultish behavior of followers have to do with the actual content? Affective death spirals can characterize virtually any group. Idiots and crazies are everywhere.
Why is this so down rated??
I realize that you didn't vote it down, but using this logic to vote it down would be something like a reverse affective death spiral- you let the visibly obvious ADS cast a negative halo on the entire philosophy, and thus become irrationally biased against the legitimate value in the center of the ADS that got blown up by the over-zealous crazies and idiots.
Worthiness of the Cause does not mean you can spend any less effort in resisting the cult attractor. You clearly went overboard with praise, which is a valid warning signal. The book itself is not that great, even if the cultish behavior of some of its followers is even worse.
On the other hand, we shouldn't necessarily fault enthusiasm around here. We should be able to articulate why it's ridiculous to describe "Atlas Shrugged" in particular as 'the greatest book yet written'.
EDIT: Thanks for adding the last sentence, Vladimir.