Perplexed comments on Tell Your Rationalist Origin Story - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 February 2009 05:16PM

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Comment author: Perplexed 21 September 2010 01:19:22AM -1 points [-]

... a member of a little known religion from the 1844s ...

This is a pretty well-informed crowd. You don't need to explain what a libertarian is, you don't need to explain who Feynman was, and most people will know what you are talking about if you mention Bahai. And those who don't know how to use wikipedia.

Comment author: MartinB 21 September 2010 01:29:38AM 1 point [-]

I do not think I explained things, did I? The Feynman books influenced me at a time, when they were new to me, thats why they play a part in my story. If I only heard about them here, then the effect would be far less.

The reason for not mentioning Bahai is because I do not want to spread the name everywhere I go.