TheOtherDave comments on [META] 'Rational' vs 'Optimized' - Less Wrong
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There's that. "Optimal"/"optimist" has the same kind of failure mode as "rational"/"rationalize".
“Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.”