From reading HPMOR and some of the sequences (I’m very slowly working my way through them) I get the impression that Eliezer is very pro-enlightenment. I can’t imagine that he’d often explicitly claim to be pro-enlightenment if he weren’t, rather than simply avoiding the whole issue.
being pro-enlightment from the perspective of a science fanboy and poly amorous atheist is different than being pro-enlightment as a direct counterargument to reactionary thought. Certainly before I read NR stuff I never thought a reasonable person could claim the enlightenment was a bad thing.
From reading HPMOR and some of the sequences (I’m very slowly working my way through them) I get the impression that Eliezer is very pro-enlightenment. I can’t imagine that he’d often explicitly claim to be pro-enlightenment if he weren’t, rather than simply avoiding the whole issue.
The Enlightenment predates democratic orthodoxy. Monarchs like Louis XVI, Catherine II, and Frederick the Great were explicitly pro-Enlightenment.
I had thought that reactionaries were anti-enlightenment though?
It’s complicated. We reject some parts of the Enlightenment but not all. Jayson just listed three of my favorite monarchs, actually.
being pro-enlightment from the perspective of a science fanboy and poly amorous atheist is different than being pro-enlightment as a direct counterargument to reactionary thought. Certainly before I read NR stuff I never thought a reasonable person could claim the enlightenment was a bad thing.