Strange7 comments on Guardians of the Truth - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Desrtopa 14 November 2012 05:12:25AM 1 point [-]

Well, they do charge for purification rituals and so on (modern Shinto shrines are basically businesses, they have to get their money somewhere,) but I don't think anyone on this site has ever felt pressured to pay for their services.

Comment author: Strange7 15 November 2012 12:10:06AM -1 points [-]

Making a living by performing standardized services for money on the open market is pretty much the opposite of the sort of thought and behavior this site tends to "bang on."

Comment author: Desrtopa 16 November 2012 02:56:33AM 3 points [-]

Well, we've got a lot of libertarian and libertarian-leaning members, but I think a lot of people here are also not so hot on businesses like, say, homeopathy, which provide goods or services on the presumption that they do something that they actually don't.