Comment by ben_w
4 days ago
"Large" is very vague.
The leaderboard shows (50 of) 166385 registered accounts* on https://www.lesswrong.com/leaderboard
This is simultaneously a large body and an insignificant minority.
* How many are junk accounts? IDK. But I do know it's international, because I live in Berlin, Germany, and socialise regularly.
I have an account on LessWrong. Heck, I even try to act rationally most of the time.
I don’t consider myself a Rationalist or part of the Rationalist community.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that number turns out to overstate the size by an order of magnitude.
> But I do know it's international, because I live in Berlin, Germany, and socialise regularly.
This made me chuckle. Thanks!