Alex9 comments on Beyond the Reach of God - Less Wrong

66 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 October 2008 03:42PM

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Comment author: Alex9 06 October 2008 12:42:00PM 1 point [-]

RE: the reek of cultishness and dogma, I agree.

Regardless of whether you want to argue that being in a cult might be ok or not anything to worry about, the fact is this sort of thing doesn't look good to other people. You're going to win many converts -- at least the kind you want -- by continuing to put on quasi-religious, messianic airs, and welcoming the sort of fawning praise that seems to come up a lot in the comments here. There's obviously some sharp thinking going on in these parts, but you guys need to pay a bit more attention to your PR.