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If there really is "bad epistemology", feel free to show where.
There really is an analogy between the SIAI and various THE END OF THE WORLD cults - as I previously spelled out here.
You might like to insinuate that I am reading more into the analogy than it deserves - but basically, you don't have any case there that I can detect.
Everyone knows the analogy exists. It's just a matter of looking at the details to see if that has any bearing on whether or not SIAI is a useful organization or not.
You asked: "What makes that comparison spring to mind?" when I mentioned cults.
Hopefully, you now have your answer - for one thing, they are like an END OF THE WORLD cult - in that they use fear of THE END OF THE WORLD as a publicity and marketing tool.
Such marketing has a long tradition behind it - e.g see the Daisy Ad.