I was glancing through this and was surprised to find that Jews make up ~14% of the readership (or at least those surveyed). Why would Jewish people be attracted to a community which tolerates or tacitly endorses Kevin MacDonald’s half-baked “Jewish nepotism” stuff? I mean, there is a non-trivial amount of anti-Semitism in the HBDosphere.
If you’re one of the people who think racial IQ differences are largely caused by genetics (a position that I reckon Scott might hold, even if they’re too clever to say it out loud), then the implication is that jews and asians are genetically the smartest racial groups. you see this defence used a lot, “I can’t be supporting white supremacy, the asians are on top!”. It’s not really a surprise that some people would be sympathetic to a position that puts them as the intellectually superior race. Of course, the whole thing is crap based on flimsy evidence, but since when has that ever stopped them?
I don’t know how someone can look at the ethnofascist nationalism of Israel or the IQ (and race) obsession of the Ashkenazi Jews that make up the leaders of the lesswrong cult and broader “rational”-sphere (Eliezer Yudkowsky, Scott Alexander, Scott Aaronson, Sam Harris) and seriously ask this question.
Why are you assuming that people would be rational and therefore, consistent?
Beliefs can exist independently of being tribal signals.