Just wanted to say that I think most rationalist “holidays” or “rituals” are pretty cringe, but this one strikes me as something much more real and valuable. I’m not sure I agree with your concept of “Patron Saint holidays” for the community as a whole but this one seems at least somewhat virtuous and noble in a way that I think a lot of other stuff misses.
I’m glad Vavilov resonated with you. I don’t want to host a referendum on all rationalist holidays but feel bad banning people from responding to you calling things important to them cringe, especially when I redirected criticism of the core idea to another post, so I’d like to direct all discussion on this comment to that same post.
Just wanted to say that I think most rationalist “holidays” or “rituals” are pretty cringe, but this one strikes me as something much more real and valuable. I’m not sure I agree with your concept of “Patron Saint holidays” for the community as a whole but this one seems at least somewhat virtuous and noble in a way that I think a lot of other stuff misses.
I’m glad Vavilov resonated with you. I don’t want to host a referendum on all rationalist holidays but feel bad banning people from responding to you calling things important to them cringe, especially when I redirected criticism of the core idea to another post, so I’d like to direct all discussion on this comment to that same post.