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Hello rationalists (I'm tempted to shorten that word, but neither "rats" nor "rashes" is very complimentary),
I'm a sophomore in college, studying English. I've always been interested in getting smarter than the general population, and websites like this never fail to give me some productive reading/thinking material.
I'm very religious, which some would say is a serious fluke in an otherwise freethinking person. I disagree, but I won't waste your time with my irrational arguments in favor of my own methods of worship.
I love intelligent argument. I think we can get further, sociologically and mentally, by defending and testing rational thought than by any other method.
I probably will never get enough points to be one of the rationalati here, but I've subscribed to the RSS and I'm looking forward to several mind-expanding thoughts.
I discovered this site through youarenotsosmart.com.
More candidates for cutesie short forms of "rationalist": rashie, ratie (RAY-TEE, or more likely RAY-DEE given typical English pronunciation habits), rasho, nalist, ratnist, tionlist (SHUN-list), Rashomon.
I'd also voting you up for "rationalati", even though it's not shorter. :-)