It’s been a long time since I read HPMOR, and I only read it once, so I might not be the best to comment on this. But, my impression is that a lot of the enthusiasm for it is endogenous, with HPMOR being a major factor leading people to rationalism, rather than its popularity being driven by people who were already into rationalism? So doesn’t whether this is problematic again just boil down to the quality of Gnosticism? Like it doesn’t seem to be intrinsically wrong to go “I find this book really insightful, more people should read it” as long as the book actually is really good.
It’s been a long time since I read HPMOR, and I only read it once, so I might not be the best to comment on this. But, my impression is that a lot of the enthusiasm for it is endogenous, with HPMOR being a major factor leading people to rationalism, rather than its popularity being driven by people who were already into rationalism? So doesn’t whether this is problematic again just boil down to the quality of Gnosticism? Like it doesn’t seem to be intrinsically wrong to go “I find this book really insightful, more people should read it” as long as the book actually is really good.