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devas comments on Why are people "put off by rationality"? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: devas 06 August 2014 08:33:51AM 3 points [-]

this is actually related to my pet theory that, at least in signalling status terms, it is better to call one's self "aspiring rationalist" rather than "rationalist" full stop.

The problem with that is that the first is longer, less concise, and more awkward to use :-/