Comment by stuaxo
4 days ago
Any movement that names themselves after how right they are is suspect.
Similarly movements who use catchphrases for this, like when Kier Starmers centrist version of Labour started calling themselves "the adults in the room" - it gave away their entitlement to lead.
"Rationalists" can't be wrong - it's in the name, any one disagreeing is just irrational.
Rationalists change their position when being shown to be wrong. To err is human, after all. But to insist on your original wrong position is irrational.