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While this was an interesting and enjoyable read, it doesn't seem to be a “rationalist ‘coming out’”. On the contrary, he's just saying he would have liked going to a ‘rationalist’ meeting.


The last paragraph discusses how he's resisted the label and then he closes with “the rationalists have walked the walk and rationaled the rational, and thus they’ve given me no choice but to stand up and be counted as one of them.”

He’s clearly identifying as a rationalist there


Oh, you're right! I'd add that it's actually the penultimate paragraph of the first of two postscripts appended to the post. I should have read those, and I appreciate the correction.


Ah good catch!!




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