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Bobertron comments on What are good apps for rationalists? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Bobertron 30 December 2011 01:16:51PM 14 points [-]

Apps that somehow aid in behavior modification or decision making could be described as "for rationalists", while games or technical apps could not. While "for rationalists" might not be the best choice of words, it's not completely redundant either.

Comment author: prase 30 December 2011 02:12:06PM *  10 points [-]

Not completely redundant, but largely so. One needn't include everything in the title. Lot of people are becoming tired by "rationality" popping up from every other sentence on this website. Not only it looks cultish and fanatical, but it is suspected that people put "rationality" in their articles as an "applause light", i.e. phrases used for signalling and gaining approval with little other information value. It may be therefore a good policy to avoid "rational" whenever possible.