Being an idiot is less about positions and more about how one argues. The easiest way to identify an idiot is when debating gets someone angry to the point of violence. Beyond that, idiots can be identified by the use of fallacies, ad hominems, non-sequiturs, etc.
This rule fails for RationalWiki in particular, so I don't think it's sufficiently expressive. RationalWiki will never get violent, they'll never use basic rhetorical fallacies, but are they not idiots?
I think a better rule for idiocy is the inability to update. An idiot will never change their mind, and will never learn. More intelligent idiots can change their mind about minor things related to things they already deeply believe, but never try to understand anything that's a level or two of inference away from their existing core.
Nonidiocy requires the ...
Another month, another rationality quotes thread. The rules are: