That describes literally every culture in the world: There is a ton of mutually-held assumptions, and if you don't buy into them, you look weird.
I like diving into different cultures since they help me find assumptions like this one in my own.
I've found the Less Wrong community to start from a fairly sound and rational set of assumptions, often different than my own, but interesting nonetheless. The few times I've engaged, I learned a lot from it. It's certainly less cult-ish than either the far-left or far-right the US seems to be degenerating into, or many other cultures.
I didn't like this post, but it's about a post, and not about a group of people.
That describes literally every culture in the world: There is a ton of mutually-held assumptions, and if you don't buy into them, you look weird.
I like diving into different cultures since they help me find assumptions like this one in my own.
I've found the Less Wrong community to start from a fairly sound and rational set of assumptions, often different than my own, but interesting nonetheless. The few times I've engaged, I learned a lot from it. It's certainly less cult-ish than either the far-left or far-right the US seems to be degenerating into, or many other cultures.
I didn't like this post, but it's about a post, and not about a group of people.