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this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2024
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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it strikes me that there's quite a similarity in how the lesswrongs have this continuous drive for so-called "secret knowledge" to how others are about sacred geometry and "hidden universe secrets". anyone else pick up on something like that?
I think of it as an evolved version of what a lot of the new age cults did with quantum woo — it’s a thin veneer of knowledge designed to trick folks who think they’re too smart for religion into a religious mindset. the Rationalist version of the veneer is particularly thick, but the end goal is the same: Magic is Real and You Can Be The Gandalf
alright so definitely not an isolated observation :) and yeah that's well put