Comment on Open Thread, October 27 - 31, 2013

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:24:14 GMT

You are using a very loose definition of a cult. Surely you know that 'cult' carries some different (negative) connotations for other people?

Regardless of whether one chooses to call us a cult or not, this does not change what we are.

It might not change what we are but it has some negative consequences. People like you who call us a cult while using a different meaning of 'cult' turn new members away because they hear that LessWrong is a cult and they don't hear your different meaning of the word (which excludes most of the negative traits of bloody cults).

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