TheCosmist comments on Open Thread, April 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheCosmist 03 April 2011 04:29:17AM *  1 point [-]

Wow fantastic thank you for this excellent reply. Just out of curiosity, is there any question this "cult of rationality" doesn't have a "sequence" or a ready answer for? ;)

Comment author: benelliott 03 April 2011 08:19:53AM *  5 points [-]

The sequences are designed to dissolve common confusions. By dint of those confusions being common, almost everybody falls into them at one time or another, so it should not be surprising that the sequences come up often in response to new questions.

Comment author: Nisan 03 April 2011 04:49:50PM *  4 points [-]

You're welcome. The FAQ says:

Why do you all agree on so much? Am I joining a cult?

We have a general community policy of not pretending to be open-minded on long-settled issues for the sake of not offending people. If we spent our time debating the basics, we would never get to the advanced stuff at all. Yes, some of the results that fall out of these basics sound weird if you haven't seen the reasoning behind them, but there's nothing in the laws of physics that prevents reality from sounding weird.

Comment author: arundelo 03 April 2011 11:33:52PM 0 points [-]