kbaxter 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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Here's the program he went to, which did happen exactly once. It was a precursor to the much shorter CFAR workshops: http://lesswrong.com/lw/4wm/rationality_boot_camp/
That said, as his friend I think the situation is a lot less sinister than it's been made out to sound here. He didn't quit to go to the program, he quit a year or so afterwards to found a startup. He wasn't all that excited about his PHD program and he was really excited about startups, so he quit and founded a startup with some friends.
Thanks!
Now I remember I heard about that in the past, but I forgot completely. It actually took ten weeks!