Z_M_Davis comments on What's in a name? That which we call a rationalist… - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Z_M_Davis 25 April 2009 06:16:20AM 2 points [-]

Rationalism, as we conceive it, seems to be more of a direction than a destination.

But I thought this was exactly what was conveyed by the word aspiring.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 25 April 2009 11:59:28AM 0 points [-]

But I thought this was exactly what was conveyed by the word aspiring.

Not necessarily. It just means that we're reaching for a goal that we have not yet attained (possibly because the goal isn't fully attainable, in which case it does mostly collapse to what I said).