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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 11 September 2016 03:03:05PM *  1 point [-]

Both neoreactionaries and other people want a functional society, they just disagree on how to get it; both transhumanists and religious people want to live forever, they just disagree about whether life extension or preying to get into the best afterlife is the best way to go about it. Perhaps they have the same terminal goals?

OTOH if religious people have 'faith' as a terminal value and atheists do not, then yes, this may be more of a problem. If people have 'other people follow my values' as a terminal value, this could be a very large problem.