dfranke comments on Whining-Based Communities - Less Wrong

59 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 April 2009 08:31PM

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Comment author: dfranke 07 April 2009 11:46:33PM *  6 points [-]

I think American Atheists might be better than objectivists as an example of a whining-based rationalist community.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 07 April 2009 11:56:21PM 5 points [-]

I think American Atheists might be better than objectivists as an example of a whining-based rationalist community.

I'm not actually convinced that either are particularly rational, as a rule, except insofar as both have built communities around ideas that are mostly correct.