Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence.
Slightly more than 5 words:
The facts don't know whose side their on.
Every cause wants to be a cult.
I really like "The facts don't know whose side they're on", though the other two might require less wrong knowledge.
I like that too, but it's a bit long - is there a way to shorten the idea to get it across effectively?
I think I like "The truth doesn't know whose side it's on", despite the length. However, if we want brevity, "Truth is not partisan" might work. If that's too political-sounding, there's always "Truth Don't care. Truth don't Give a Shit." (Front and back?)
I like "The facts don't know whose side their on," but it's a bit long - is there a way to shorten the idea to get it across effectively?
I feel like in a different language there might be words for those things, being (truth|facts|reality ++ Sides|Bias|preference)
The territory|map|truth|reality doesn't take sides...
change your mind, get a cookie
admitting you're wrong = winning/learning
conservation of expected evidence (add formula)
The path to truth is a random walk
discussions are random walks
what is true is already so
rationality: outcomes > rituals of thought
what can be destroyed by truth, should be
update beliefs incrementally
beliefs should pay rent
the cat 's alive, curiosity got framed
optimize everything
delta knowledge = surprise
minimize future surprise
A diagram like this with some actual data e.g. about P(autism|vaccine) or P(violence|video games).
A matrix representation of the prisoners dilemma with an arrow pointing to (cooperate, cooperate) saying "let's meet here".
Thank you, these are some great ideas. For the broad audience, I think "What Is True Is Already So" and something about yay for changing your mind would work especially well.
Restricting to 5 words, and with some in-jokes:
Slightly Less Wrong Every Day
Tooth Paste Is Not Rational
Thank You For Being Right
Your Map Is My Territory
This Shirt Was Rationally Chosen
404, territory not found.
Actively seeking feedback.
Better hypothesis under development.
Evidence Based Living.
Logic is the best aphrodisiac.
Cognito, ergo cresco.
Mental hygienist.
This T-Shirt is signaling Rationality.
One of the key cultural values seems to be to be happy to be shown wrong and willing to change one's mind when presented with good information. Having clothing that signals that value would be nice.
From my perspective good merchandise would likely display institutational loyality. In your case the Intentional Insight logo looks well suited for that purpose.
Yup, we'll have a logo and website.
Good points about the cultural values: "Happy to Change My Mind" maybe a good slogan for this one?
I like the "winning decisions" phrase especially, I was looking for some way of combining the concept of wise decisions and reaching your goals, and winning decisions seems to hit the spot!
As part of my broader project of promoting rationality widely, I'm going to work on making rationality-themed merchandise with slogans. I'd appreciate any ideas on what slogans would be short (5 words or less), engaging, and accessible, and appealing for both aspiring rationalists and smart youth and young adults who are just starting to learn about rationality. As an example, slogans like "Growing Mentally Stronger" or "Updating My Beliefs" are good, but "Tsuyoku Naritai!" is not, however much I personally like that slogan.