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They basically answer their own question in the fourth paragraph, >The origin of rationalist writing is commonly traced back to the comments section of Overcom
by Suppafly 2y ago
They basically answer their own question in the fourth paragraph,
>The origin of rationalist writing is commonly traced back to the comments section of Overcoming Bias, a group blog about cognitive biases and related topics that is now the personal blog of economist Robin Hanson. Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent contributor, spun off an online forum called LessWrong in 2009, dedicated to the practice of “applied rationality.”
Most of these folks are all still borrowing from the same well, and having grown up together use similar vocabulary. You see with this from a lot of online communities.