What really confuses me is that many in this so called "rationalist" clique discuss Bayesianism as an "ism", some sort of sacred, revered truth. They talk about it in mystical terms, which matches the rest of their cult-like behavior. What's the deal with that?
That's specific to Yudkowsky, and I think that's just supposed to be humor. A lot of people find mathematics very dry. He likes to dress it up as "what if we pretend math is some secret revered knowledge?".
