Yeah they're TPOT adjacent. While the original rationalists group were pretty good about watching their biases the later ones are more accurately rationalizers. Some TPOT people have warned them they're making mistakes to no avail.
It's just the MOPs, geeks, sociopaths and Eternal September thing again. They all use the jargon and reach absurd conclusions and don't have the wisdom to realize that an absurd conclusion with a sound argument means a false assumption.
Just because you say "my priors" like priests say "my prayers" doesn't make you rational. They are in the midwit area where you can reason.
The fool dismisses the absurd conclusion because he cannot reason. The wise man because he knows what it means. The average rationalist decides it's true.
It's just the MOPs, geeks, sociopaths and Eternal September thing again. They all use the jargon and reach absurd conclusions and don't have the wisdom to realize that an absurd conclusion with a sound argument means a false assumption.
Just because you say "my priors" like priests say "my prayers" doesn't make you rational. They are in the midwit area where you can reason.
The fool dismisses the absurd conclusion because he cannot reason. The wise man because he knows what it means. The average rationalist decides it's true.