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Kaj_Sotala comments on Note on Terminology: "Rationality", not "Rationalism" - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 15 January 2011 10:55:29AM 1 point [-]

Of course, even if we presume that naming ideologies as "isms" causes a bad reaction but naming scientific theories doesn't, then I suspect that a randomly chosen outsider is at least as likely to put the LW usage into the "ideology" camp as he is to put it in the "scientific theory" camp.