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Comment author: shminux 13 October 2011 01:38:49AM 3 points [-]

the kind that only rationalists have begun to fight back against. Nobody else realizes how sick they are.

Let's not assume that LW (if that is what you mean by rationalists) has the monopoly on rational thought.

As for Steve Jobs, his "reality distortion field" has been legendary for decades, no wonder his opinions weren't always very rational.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 13 October 2011 08:02:28PM 1 point [-]

It reads to me as rationalists in general

Comment author: bentarm 14 October 2011 11:16:53AM 1 point [-]

But then it is pretty much tautologous, as we're probably going to call anyone who has decided to try and fight their irrational desires a rationalist.

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