Bugmaster comments on Self-Congratulatory Rationalism - Less Wrong

51 Post author: ChrisHallquist 01 March 2014 08:52AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 01 March 2014 08:15:49PM 13 points [-]

Edited the most recent welcome post and the post of mine that it linked to.

Does anyone have a 1-syllable synonym for 'aspiring'? It seems like we need to impose better discipline on this for official posts.

Comment author: Bugmaster 05 March 2014 01:13:08AM 1 point [-]

FWIW, "aspiring rationalist" always sounded quite similar to "Aspiring Champion" to my ears.

That said, why do we need to use any syllables at all to say "aspiring rationalist" ? Do we have some sort of a secret rite or a trial that an aspiring rationalist must pass in order to become a true rationalist ? If I have to ask, does that mean, I'm not a rationalist ? :-/