Vaniver comments on Don't call yourself a rationalist. - Less Wrong

16 Post author: KenChen 14 October 2011 08:26PM

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Comment author: KenChen 14 October 2011 08:56:20PM 3 points [-]

Personally, I don't like this because it's awkward. What do you call the community?

"The aspiring rationalist community"?

Plus, people are liable to drop the "aspiring" part anyway, because it's a pain to say.

Comment author: Vaniver 18 October 2011 07:05:27PM 3 points [-]

Just shorten it to something catchy like asprats.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 18 October 2011 07:15:13PM 4 points [-]

Snake/rat chimeras? Rats with Asperger's? People who are as rational as prats?

Comment author: Vaniver 18 October 2011 11:41:40PM 1 point [-]

The last interpretation can get a little spicier: ass-prats! (But yes, I intended for it to be a terrible idea.)

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