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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. GeniesLoki‏ @GeniesLoki May 11
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      I get extremely suspicious of people when I discover that there's some guy whose work they're super into and have made the foundation of their personal philosophy. I do this even if the guy is someone whose work I like, and even if they're someone I like personally.

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    2. GeniesLoki‏ @GeniesLoki May 11
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      (Theoretically I would also get extremely suspicious if the person whose work they were into was not a guy, but in practice the object of intellectual fixation usually seems to be a guy)

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    3. GeniesLoki‏ @GeniesLoki May 11
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      I've been seeing this with David Deutsch a lot recently - a lot of people are super into him and whenever I find a new one I have a very strong "Oh gods not one of you again" reaction.

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    4. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 11
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      Replying to @GeniesLoki

      I agree with this re the Critical Rationalist community (with one exception who I hope knows I am subtweeting her) but am too polite to say so :) “How do I avoid starting a cult” is something I occasionally worry about but it doesn’t seem imminent yet

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    5. Lulie‏ @reasonisfun May 12
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      Do you have any ideas why cultishness hasn’t popped up around you, David? I wonder if meta-rat’ism having no fixed frame helps. CR does have this IMO, but everyone tends to interpret it as having a practical ideology that is True and Follows from the Laws of Epistemology.

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    6. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 12
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      Replying to @reasonisfun @GeniesLoki

      Turning the question around: Cults are rare enough that there must be fairly stringent preconditions for formation. I’ve got a reasonably good idea of what those are and don’t meet most of them.

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    7. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 12
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      Replying to @Meaningness @reasonisfun @GeniesLoki

      It might get tricky if I started producing finished works, made them more accessible, provided concrete exercises, taught in person, had a YouTube series, etc. All of which I’ve intended to for ~5 years, but circumstances have prevented.

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    8. p o d g e‏ @Podge_G May 12
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      Replying to @Meaningness @reasonisfun @GeniesLoki

      None of that seems very culty! If you're teaching therapeutic techniques in person, the teacher-student boundaries probably needs careful thought; "transference" and what not. As long you're not claiming supernatural abilities and infallible knowledge, you should be all good!

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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 12
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      Replying to @Podge_G @reasonisfun @GeniesLoki

      Well the examples cited upthread did not invoke claims of omniscience or supernatural abilities. In a slightly loose use of the term, you can build a cult around almost anything. It’s the social dynamics more than the content

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        1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness May 12
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          Your invocation of transferrence is well-taken imo

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