Well, if the Singularity is “the Rapture for nerds” then some aspects of Less Wrong could well be “the Prosperity Gospel for nerds”.
That would be a good term if you were trying to insult it, since the “Prosperity Gospel” is an ultra-heresy...
One person’s heresy is another person’s strongly held beliefs. (Although some heresies are more high-status than others. Prosperity Gospel is a pretty low-status one as heresies go.)
Most heresies don’t overtly contravene canon text, though (see for instance Matthew 19:21-30, the tale of Lazarus, and so on).
Well, if the Singularity is “the Rapture for nerds” then some aspects of Less Wrong could well be “the Prosperity Gospel for nerds”.
That would be a good term if you were trying to insult it, since the “Prosperity Gospel” is an ultra-heresy...
One person’s heresy is another person’s strongly held beliefs. (Although some heresies are more high-status than others. Prosperity Gospel is a pretty low-status one as heresies go.)
Most heresies don’t overtly contravene canon text, though (see for instance Matthew 19:21-30, the tale of Lazarus, and so on).