Last night I tried to describe the rationalist community to a friend who had never heard of it. I struggled, but finally settled on describing it as "A school of philosophy that arose on the internet rather than in the academy."
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How would you describe the rationalist community (to fresh ears)? And (while I have your attention) what are some other examples of fields born on the internet?
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Replying to @KevinSimler
hardcore extropianism/futurism studies? not sure if this qualifies, but many discussions on extropians list were of very high quality (many low quality as well). more specific subset of that would be studies of anthropic reasoning
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Replying to @girishsastry
thank you, yes, that has the right feel to it
8:08 PM - 13 May 2018
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