ArisKatsaris comments on Why I Am Not a Rationalist, or, why several of my friends warned me that this is a cult - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 13 July 2014 11:21:29PM *  4 points [-]

Yvain criticized switching definitions depending on whether you want to defend an easily defensible position, or have others accept an untenable position.

With Lesswrong's definition of rationality (epistemic rationality the ability to arrive to true beliefs, instrumental rationality the ability to know how to achieve your goals) how is that happening?