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Comment author: Dreaded_Anomaly 19 March 2011 03:03:51AM 10 points [-]

The Less Wrong consensus already seems to be using "rationality" instead of "rationalism." See Note on Terminology: "Rationality", not "Rationalism".

Comment author: [deleted] 19 March 2011 05:12:27PM 3 points [-]

My point is stronger than Vlad's: not only does "rationalism" have undesirable connotations, but it means the wrong thing.

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