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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 22 June 2015 01:44:54PM *  0 points [-]

I use Ayn Rand because it's the nearest "rational cult" I can think of.

Why are you comparing against a negative example, rather than an example to emulate?

I already described what sorts of features of EY's make him a "guru."

Comment author: ChristianKl 22 June 2015 03:46:43PM 0 points [-]

Why are you comparing against a negative example, rather than an example to emulate?

Because you criticise him for being a "guru" and not for not being "XY" (word that describe a positive thing).

That makes it important to understand what you mean with guru and whether you consider someone like Dawkins to be a guru and who you consider to be guru's that aren't "deliberately weak foil".