Peterdjones comments on Building rationalist communities: a series overview - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Peterdjones 11 May 2011 11:35:04AM -1 points [-]

Lack of engagement with the established members is definitely a big barrier encountered by newcomers..

If you ask this newcomer, the problem is the arrogant obnoxiousness of the engagment.

I was informed that I needed to "learn rationality" (after 30 years of studying science, logic, philosophy etc) and that this provided a "solution to free will" (which turned out to be a mediocre piece of speculation).

If you want to promote yourselves as an Ayn Rand style cult, you are going just the right way.