JonathanLivengood comments on [META] 'Rational' vs 'Optimized' - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JonathanLivengood 05 January 2012 08:57:58AM 2 points [-]

Why not "optimality" and "optimalist"?

(I agree with jimrandomh's criticisms of replacing "rational" with "optimal": the replacement should not be done. But I have to confess to an initial, strongly positive reaction to the prospect of junking "rationalist," since for me, as a philosopher, that word picks out Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz.)