• Tomorrow_Farewell [any, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    22 days ago

    Rationalism has a specific meaning, but yeah, I’m not really sure why anybody would consider themselves rationalists in the sense of claiming that there is no way of studying the world other than rationalist ones (as opposed to, for example, empirical studies).

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      22 days ago

      Rationalism has a specific meaning

      If that had an original specific meaning outside of billionaire-financed “LessWrong” jackoffs like Big Yud and his Harry Potter fanfic-based cult, that specific meaning’s been lost for some time now in contemporary use.