Who are we? I've heard a couple of comments about what Less Wrong members should be called lately. "Rationalist" is the word most commonly used, although use of that term might presume we are something we are not. "Aspiring rationalist" avoids that problem, but is awkward to use casually. Something unique to this site might insulate us from the rest of the world, however.
What are your suggestions? Please make one suggestion per comment to facilitate voting.
Update: I think "Less Wrong reader" works well for referring to members of this site as members of this site, but what are we trying to be in a broader sense? Maybe my intent in asking for suggestions was unclear. Is there a word that could replace "rationalist" in the following titles:
- Tell Your Rationalist Story
- The Mystery of the Haunted Rationalist
- Selecting Rationalist Groups
- Rationalist Poetry Fans, Unite!
- Tarski Statements as Rationalist Exercise
the most enduring group-member-name I can think of off the top of my head is "mason" -- can anyone think of better?
Now, masons don't actually cut rock. But it's a nice vivid handle anyway, so they use it.
So, in that vein, I'd like to promote the now-deleted suggestion "map-makers," or perhaps "cartographers"
College of Cartographers has a nice secret society ring to it. It's versatile as well. I can imagine it being applied to explorer-adventurers out to conquer terra incognita or a shadowy group governing the world.