I don’t think this post is ready for main. I found the style hard to read, but some more specific objections:
The way you’re using “free will” sounds to me more like “freedom of belief”.
I’m not aware that LW-style aspiring rationalists have significant overlap with the people called militant atheists, but I don’t pay attention to the latter group. If there is overlap, it might be worth giving examples. I haven’t noticed any particular religion-is-evil sentiment on LW, and I have noticed counterexamples; see for example this discussion which I’ve barely even skimmed, but it seems like people were being civil towards CCC, who is religious. See also: one of the CFAR instructors is catholic.
Don’t try to say this won’t happen, and that Rationalists will always allow other people to believe differently. Coherent Extrapolated Volition, Politics is the Mind Killer, and Eliezar’ success in creating the LW and rationalist movement say otherwise.
Could you elaborate? I don’t see how any of these things suggest that people identifying with the rationalist movement will eventually become intolerant of religion.
I don’t think this post is ready for main. I found the style hard to read, but some more specific objections:
The way you’re using “free will” sounds to me more like “freedom of belief”.
I’m not aware that LW-style aspiring rationalists have significant overlap with the people called militant atheists, but I don’t pay attention to the latter group. If there is overlap, it might be worth giving examples. I haven’t noticed any particular religion-is-evil sentiment on LW, and I have noticed counterexamples; see for example this discussion which I’ve barely even skimmed, but it seems like people were being civil towards CCC, who is religious. See also: one of the CFAR instructors is catholic.
Could you elaborate? I don’t see how any of these things suggest that people identifying with the rationalist movement will eventually become intolerant of religion.