Alicorn comments on Designing Ritual - Less Wrong

25 Post author: Raemon 11 January 2012 01:52AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 12 January 2012 01:49:38PM 4 points [-]

Some suggestions:

Lets spill some blood. Rationality is serious business, a matter of life and death. Blood, toil, tears and sweat. Our rituals should reflect on that fact. (And blood makes a ritual so much cooler)
Anthems might be a more fitting Style to copy than jolly christmas songs. They hold great power.
have everyone pledge to the virtues of rationality: "I shall not cave in to social pressure. I shall search for flaws in my own arguments as much as for those in my fellow rationalists. ..."

Comment author: Alicorn 12 January 2012 06:26:38PM 16 points [-]

have everyone pledge to the virtues of rationality: "I shall not cave in to social pressure.

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 12 January 2012 06:34:23PM 5 points [-]

"You are all individuals!"

Comment author: EphemeralNight 14 January 2012 11:23:38AM * 3 points [-]

Now everybody stand up and declare, "I am unique!".

Comment author: hamnox 25 January 2012 04:27:58PM 1 point [-]

I'm not.

Comment author: Raemon 12 January 2012 06:41:32PM * 1 point [-]