I'd like to hear about why people are downvoting this, specifically.
I assume some combination of using the word "cult" repeatedly, and the tonal offensiveness - and the writing style is lazy and hard to read (point form). The content is also more offensive the drethelin's similar point above.
For my part, I'd like to restate my point and see if the votes shift.
I feel drethelin's summary of Gwern's post is pretty fair. There's not much of interest in it. I think people are also underestimating how immoral Gwern's behavior is (meaning: how counterproductive if adopted as a rule). It is also injurious in this spe...
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