Posts like this reinforce the suspicion that LessWrong is a personality cult.
I disagree. This entire thread is so obviously a joke, one could only take it as evidence if they've already decided what they want to believe and are just looking for arguments.
It does show that EY is a popular figure around here, since nobody goes around starting Chuck Norris threads about random people, but that's hardly evidence for a cult. Hell, in the case of Norris himself, it's the opposite.
If you know more Eliezer Yudkowsky facts, post them in the comments.