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Comment author: isaaclyman 12 August 2010 03:42:13PM 7 points [-]

Hello rationalists (I'm tempted to shorten that word, but neither "rats" nor "rashes" is very complimentary),

I'm a sophomore in college, studying English. I've always been interested in getting smarter than the general population, and websites like this never fail to give me some productive reading/thinking material.

I'm very religious, which some would say is a serious fluke in an otherwise freethinking person. I disagree, but I won't waste your time with my irrational arguments in favor of my own methods of worship.

I love intelligent argument. I think we can get further, sociologically and mentally, by defending and testing rational thought than by any other method.

I probably will never get enough points to be one of the rationalati here, but I've subscribed to the RSS and I'm looking forward to several mind-expanding thoughts.

I discovered this site through youarenotsosmart.com.

Comment author: RobinZ 12 August 2010 08:21:40PM 2 points [-]

I discovered this site through youarenotsosmart.com.

Good site! I didn't know that it linked here - was it a comment on a post, link in a post...?

Comment author: orthonormal 12 August 2010 08:42:37PM 1 point [-]

There was a link in the illusion of transparency post.

I wonder if the You Are Not So Smart Guy is one of our veterans, though the writing style isn't one I recognize.