Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 February 2009 04:01:23PM *  8 points [-]

We need some kind of word that means "seeker after less wrongness", and refers pragmatically to a group of people who go around discussing epistemic hygiene and actually worrying about how to think and whether their beliefs are correct. I know of no shorter and clearer alternative than "rationalist". There are some words I'm willing to try to rescue, and this is one of them.

Comment author: cdj 27 February 2009 06:52:59AM 0 points [-]

How about "asymptotist"? A Google search suggests it is available.