Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Explaining vs. Explaining Away - Less Wrong
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Well, you're basically asking people to supply you with cached thoughts, and this is not ideal. Even less charitably, you're asking people to supply you with soldiers, and that's not great either.
Also, I think newcomers, and possibly just everyone, should refrain from using the word "rationalist." At this stage, and possibly just all the time, it excessively encourages belief as attire.