I agree with everything you say here, except maybe your last paragraph.
I also note that when you say " "rationality" " you refer to signaling rationality, which is orthogonal to rationality. But when you say " "commitment" " you refer to only having the appearance of commitment, which is mutually exclusive with commitment.
That is, the meaning of "X" relative to X is not consistent... in one case "X" implies -X, in the other case it doesn't.
I'm not sure this matters, but it seems like a potential source of confusion.
Hey Everyone,
I was wondering if the LW community has a particular symbol or sign that would serve to act as a graphical representation of the community?
Something we could wear or include in things like business cards, that would act as an acknowledgement to others of our committment to rationality.
Any such thing exist, and if not, any good ideas?
I think the letters LW work pretty well if you could make them look more appealling.