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TESCREAL (toxic ideologies associated with Big Tech) (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 month ago by [M] to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world
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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

What's wrong with rationalism? Just because LessWrong is full of tossers doesn't mean that rationalism and empiricism aren't good, actually.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    rationalism in this context is just the name of the former group and not the older philosophical concept of the same name I think. I disagree with the association for most of the rest of these (I talked about that in another comment), but that one might be a bit more justified.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I understand what you mean, and I'd agree that its presence in the acronym might be apt, but I think I take issue mostly with the characterisation of it as a toxic ideology by the post title.

    The self-described "rationalist community" I'd certainly agree is mostly toxic, as is the "skeptic community". Unfortunately, they both came to be defined by the worst people in them. (The doomsday cultists and the bigots, respectively, mostly.) But I don't think that makes rationalism and skepticism toxic ideologies, just as I don't think the existence of TERFs and "girl boss feminists" makes feminism a toxic ideology.

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