Caledonian2 comments on The Litany Against Gurus - Less Wrong

23 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 18 December 2007 08:11PM

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Comment author: Caledonian2 19 December 2007 02:50:13PM -2 points [-]

But a verse to remember and repeat as a mantra might be useful to someone trying to resist the slide into cultishness

I suspect that ritualistic behavior is unlikely to aid in resisting the slide into cultishness. Quite the opposite.

Perhaps you should study the people who are exposed to teachings that seem to favor cultishness, find value in the teachings, but do not enter the cult.