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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And no, I never did cuddle puddles or had sex with any rationalist. I didn't join that scene and was never pressured to. Nor was I ever pressured to agree with Yudkowsky and yes, there was disagreement with him frequently without group expulsion or even major personal animosity.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So one point I'd say, if this explanation is "very long" I don't know what to call a 52 post thread. That complaint (even descriptor) is dumb. Nor do I agree with the idea this defense was "funny or insulting" but of course actually read it and come to your own conclusions. bsky.app/profile/segy...

SE Gyges@segyges.bsky.social

Yudkowsky's followers call themselves "the rationality community" these days, externally they are called "rationalists", the followers "rationalism". Apparently they think this sounds less cultlike. I personally find the very long "we are not a religion explanation" either funny or insulting.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And this about the group houses is dumb. Of course people live in group houses in Berkeley; Bay Area housing costs are famously insane! Group houses are all over there. Many involve people who share some kind of group membership, many are polycules, rationalists did both. bsky.app/profile/segy...

SE Gyges@segyges.bsky.social

In person they are gathered mostly in various communes in Berkeley, California. They call their communes "group houses", maybe to make it sound less cultish. Most of the details of this are what you expect from "a commune in Berkeley".

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