[tomaytotomato]

For a group that applies rationalism, they appear to have ended up committing very horrible and irrational acts.

The article could have done more to condemn this group and line of thinking.

Also the part of the story on Curtis Lind is both sad and impressive, that old man was built of true grit:

"As he bent to look, something hit him on the head and he blacked out. When he woke up, at least three of the Zizians were allegedly standing around him with knives.

“[T]he right side of my skull was shattered,” Lind later said. “And I was bleeding from numerous puncture wounds … The back of my neck had some severe cuts. Like somebody was trying to cut my head off.” His torso was impaled with a samurai sword.

Lind drew his gun, which was concealed in a pocket, and started shooting. He wounded Leatham and killed Borhanian. He stumbled away with the sword still in him. He survived, but lost an eye."

[CaffeineLD50]

Don't mess with cowboys.

[dlandis]

> For a group that applies rationalism, they appear to have ended up committing very horrible and irrational acts.

Yes, also ironic how they were, per the article, very intrigued by the concept that ideas themselves could be like viruses but were unaware of how they seemed to be heavily impacted by that very thing, many times over.

[rsynnott]

> they appear to have ended up committing very horrible and irrational acts.

See SBF. The fringes of the 'rationalism' are pretty much a series of rather nasty cults.

[rasz]

Thats some Tarantino Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood story arc right there.