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> I don’t really buy this at all

For what it’s worth, you seem to be agreeing with the person you replied to. Their main point is that this break down happens primarily because people identify as Rationalists (or whatever else). Taken from that angle, Rationalism as an identity does not appear to be useful.




My reading of the comment was that there was only a small subset of contentious topics that rationalism is unsuited for. But I think you are correct




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