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Algernoq 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: Algernoq 21 July 2014 10:02:34PM 1 point [-]

Different members act as different parts of the motte and bailey: some argue for extreme things; others say those extreme things are not "real" Rationalism

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 22 July 2014 02:57:51PM 0 points [-]

That structure makes it not motte and bailey - the motte must be friendly to the bailey, not hostile to it!

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