If you have the money to spend, then probably yes.

The whole point - that you seem adamant to avoid - is who gives a flying fuck about ‘the rationalist community’. Why is the author writing about it at all? (There is an answer to this, but you’re not interested in that.)

They also conveniently make sure to migrate their smear from just ‘the rationalist community’ to be ‘the skeptic community’. Of course, they never really define either, so it’s conveniently guilt by association for any one rational or skeptical. And it works! Here you are jumping on their bandwagon, smugly proclaiming how fucking smart and better you are, even though your main contention was patently false.

I completely agree… that’s a way of restating the point I was trying to make. Author didn’t align on being rational. They hitched their wagon to some rationalists and then found out they are flawed which left them disillusioned.

Author - you were never in love with rational thought. You were in love with some individuals. When those individuals proved human, you decided the problem was the principles of rationality.

Part of being rational is knowing and accepting that all humans can and will be irrational at times. We all suffer from the 'human condition.

You don’t need to give up on being rational. You need to double down on it.

Because Trump would be sure there are federal thugs there to intervene and because Netanyahu would stay in a safe location at all times.

He can’t possibly do it, legally. By announcing it, he earns cred with people who like him and ensures that he couldn’t possibly do it even if it were legal. It’s a win-win for him as now he gets credit, but doesn’t have to do anything.

I asked AI and it didn’t think so…

I don’t think it would be that hard for Lemmy to ban posts to and about reddit.

feel better? you did your job today of contributing absolutely nothing. - sleep tight. side note: go back to Reddit… they miss you.

What the fuck do you expect from reddit? By the way… this is Lemmy - can we quit talking about reddit?

Far from it… unfortunately, every tech that goes mainstream gets ruined. The internet was a much nicer place (and BBS before that) when it still required a minimum of 2 brain-cells to get online.

Do you promise? Can we get rid of the walled gardens?