ok so we all know “rationalist” is a terrible term but people keep
not coming up with any better ones so how about if “sanepunk”
how about The Smart And Good Guys Who Are Cool, that’s a neutral and
non-objectionable name that should have people thinking better of you
straight away
What if a child with cancer making hard decisions only had 3 weeks left to live and their last wish to the make a wish foundation was to be able to shoot a toddler just once. Are you telling me its not okay for a person making hard decisions to shoot a toddler in that instance?
“OK, well, we’re trying to understand all of existence, but
existentialism is already a thing, so let’s go with objectivism, because
we’re trying to be objective.”
well, really, the best way of describing ourselves would be as lovers of wisdom, and obviously to be as pretentious as possible we should use Ancient Greek, so . . . (quick Google search) . . . damn, guess that one's taken too
YOU DO NOT THINK IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL ABOUT UPDOGS CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO LIGMA YOU. THAT IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE THING WHICH GIVES THEM A MOTIVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE LIGMA.
Take a bullet for ya babe.
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They are super into science and logic right? How about “scientologists”?
tired: sanepunk
wired: Bayeswave
how about The Smart And Good Guys Who Are Cool, that’s a neutral and non-objectionable name that should have people thinking better of you straight away
it’s the name that gives us the terrible PR, guys, and totally not all of the dumb shit we do, I promise
You either die a sanepunk or live long enough to discover you’ve become a saneposer.
i love how yud doesn’t even try. it’s probably his most redeeming feature.
Taylorists, because they’re all about efficiency and measurement and getting stuffed into lockers.
“OK, well, we’re trying to understand all of existence, but existentialism is already a thing, so let’s go with objectivism, because we’re trying to be objective.”
Yud learned from the ai field, not getting the results you promised? Just rebrand.
(E: Going with the HRE naming standard is a bit bold however, Sanepunk, both not sane, nor punk).
sneerpunk
there’s nothing “punk” about this movement.
once again Yudkowsky harps on an aesthetic without understanding the subtext.
Useful idiots? Running dogs? Unpaid shills?
Borrow from Dennett and call yourselves The Brights
Sanepunk is literally what I’d expect a Ben Shapiro fan to call their self.
also like kind of casually able-ist, right?
Musk-ovites
Phygsicists
That’s also the most pretentious done word I ever heard
mouses look nicer than rats: mousionalists