conchis comments on My concerns about the term 'rationalist' - Less Wrong

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Comment author: conchis 05 June 2009 11:05:45AM *  1 point [-]

"undeceiver"?

OK, not ideal, and slightly esoteric, but:

  • rolls of the tongue
  • parodies "unbeliever"
  • just odd enough to get attention without being impenetrable
  • has nice-ish connotations insofar as it implies that you won't deceive others, and thereby avoids exclusive focus on the self.
  • fits with the "less wrong" tradition of understatement: trying to be less (self-)deceived, rather than claiming truth