TheOtherDave comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 04 January 2012 05:57:07PM 3 points [-]

I think various forms of "optimization" would probably fit the bill. That is, pretty much everything this site endorses about "rationalists" it would also endorse about "efficient optimizers."

But the costs associated with such a terminology shift don't seem remotely worth the payoff.