army1987 comments on Rationality Quotes February 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wilder 02 February 2012 01:43:22PM *  1 point [-]

Unscientific does that job already, while the '-ism' suffix denotes, in this case, belief in science. Why let them have a perfectly good word?

Comment author: [deleted] 02 February 2012 06:28:29PM 3 points [-]

Unscientific does that job already

No. It also cover people who don't even try to be scientific.

Comment author: wilder 02 February 2012 08:45:16PM 0 points [-]

Agree with that. There is a finer-grained distinction worth drawing -- with some other word!