Brief reminder the VERY 1ST THING in Harry Potter & Methods of Rationality is creepy & sexist (Lily makes Petunia pretty, changes history)
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The biggest mistake these guys make is missing that value judgments are by nature subjective.
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Like, they act like their given utopic fantasy is obviously the right thing to do once you accept >
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> "rationality," but that 100% assumes you value the same things they do
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Usually, the biggest thing these guys insert into their reasoning as "rational" and "objective" is liberalism
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Liberalism being, again, a term of art in this case, not the colloquial use. "Individual choice as highest good"
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Even the neoreactionaries end up being liberal because their ideology is about maximizing economic liberty
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