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kbaxter comments on Why I Am Not a Rationalist, or, why several of my friends warned me that this is a cult - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: kbaxter 16 July 2014 02:23:27AM *  6 points [-]

Here's the program he went to, which did happen exactly once. It was a precursor to the much shorter CFAR workshops: http://lesswrong.com/lw/4wm/rationality_boot_camp/

That said, as his friend I think the situation is a lot less sinister than it's been made out to sound here. He didn't quit to go to the program, he quit a year or so afterwards to found a startup. He wasn't all that excited about his PHD program and he was really excited about startups, so he quit and founded a startup with some friends.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 16 July 2014 09:00:01AM 0 points [-]

Thanks!

Now I remember I heard about that in the past, but I forgot completely. It actually took ten weeks!

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