the point being that being proselytized at is annoying
Cryonics? EA? Occasional animal welfare?
But it doesn't actually match how most people use the word "cult".
There is a traditional definition out of The Devil's Dictionary:
Religion -- a large successful cult
Cult -- a small unsuccessful religion
:-)
So, is Viliam using "cult" to mean "movement I disapprove of" here?
I think it was just a pretty clear fnord.
Cryonics? EA? Occasional animal welfare?
I see little proselytizing for cryonics here; back in the OB days there was more of it, much of it coming from Eliezer, and yes I did find it a little annoying. (Only a little, because there wasn't very much even then.) I'm a fan of EA myself, so am not in the right target audience to be annoyed by it. My impression is that most LWers are too. There's maybe one bit of animal welfare advocacy a year.
None of this much resembles the situation with NRx, where it seems like any time anyone says anything about race or g...
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