Rationalism is as though someone took the care and detail of a deep dive into Warhammer 40k or DnD lore, and made a 5k year backstory for Twilight. It comes across as philosophy by people who refused to study philosophy. The metaphysics are basically the philosophical equivalent of The Shaggs. It’s like rediscovering shitty neoliberalism from first principles.

It’s so full of absurd logical jumps. From the outside, Roko’s Basilisk is just absurd. Anyone who isn’t already deep in the cult can almost immediately realize it’s extremely silly. The fact that it’s silly makes it not an info hazard to anyone who isn’t in the cult. It’s only after making so many logical leaps and assumptions, walking into this absolutely absurd corner, that it can possibly make sense. Unfortunately, it’s exactly people in this coner who need help out.

So I do think it’s important to actually dismantle, I just hate it so much. I don’t have enough connection to this to have the patience to dive deeper. Thanks for putting in the time, and I do hope you write it. I do think there exists a Galileo’s Basilisk. I also think it’s important to destroy the philosophical foundations of Rationalism, but it’s so incredibly asinine it’s hard to even track.

For the rest of us, it’s probably just easier to sink the project while laughing at the whole thing than try to get our heads into it enough to get anyone out. But I hope someone like you does spend the time to destroy it.

Thanks for the thoughtful reply.