Reflections on Rat Fest ’25

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Dennis HackethalOP·​#2042·​

Science writer John Horgan wrote his own article about his experience at Rat Fest:

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My Weekend at “Rat Fest” — John Horgan (The Science Writer)
HOBOKEN, OCTOBER 4, 2025. “It feels a little cult-y.” That’s how I respond when Logan Chipkin asks what I think of “Rat Fest.” Let me back up a bit: Last summer, I get an email from someone named Logan Chipkin, who founded something called the Conjecture Institute . He wants my permission to use
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Dennis HackethalOP·​#2246·​·​Criticism

… Rat Festers cite Popper and Deutsch as if they are infallible.

Shouldn’t it be ‘as if they were infallible’?

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