hamnox comments on Designing Ritual - Less Wrong

25 Post author: Raemon 11 January 2012 01:52AM

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Comment author: hamnox 12 January 2012 08:47:52PM *  1 point [-]

If you're going for the actual culture highlighting, I'd recommend basing it off the 'something to protect' idea rather than 'rationalist'. In the end, that's really why we're doing all this. Culture (building) for the Future. Or use the 'i want to become stronger' meme.

On the other hand, Ritual for Rationality has a nice ring to it. Or use the word Meme. Everybody likes the word Meme!

Paranoid Meme-ifying

Meme-ifying Rituals for the Epistemologically Paranoid.

That last one's a little wordy, isn't it? Probably not a correct use of the word epistemologically either, if it is indeed a word.

Comment author: Raemon 13 January 2012 02:00:49AM *  1 point [-]

I'm going for something simple and catchy. 'Rational Ritual' isn't bad for certain contexts. I intend the blog to be useful for anyone building their own culture, and it may be useful to promote the idea of rituals that don't compromise rationality, even if rationality isn't what you're actually talking about.