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I actually disagree; the "Rationality" tagline is highly appropriate, especially as the singularitarians here are devoted to rational thought processes anyway in AI research.
I would, however, like to point out that the site seems to get mixed up with other groups as well:
"RationalWiki" - the highly politically partisan pro-science web page (kind of an opponent to LW, apparently.
Rationalism (philosophy) - Spinoza, Leibniz, Descartes (but they pretty much ignored empiricism so they have little to do with LW thinking)
Rationalism (Ayn Rand) - the worst kind. LW isn't a social-engineering organization, especially one committed to absolute "rational" selfishness.
So the tagline is good, but we should try not to get mixed up with those groups.
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Ayn Rand's philosophy is actually "Objectivism," not "Rationalism."
Yeah I know, but when I talk to people about rationality they're often like, "Don't be like Ayn Rand." I think there's been a post about it somewhere.