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The name Less Wrong was at least intended to be aspirational. From the about page: > LessWrong is an online forum and community dedicated to improving human re
by strbean 1y ago
The name Less Wrong was at least intended to be aspirational. From the about page:
> LessWrong is an online forum and community dedicated to improving human reasoning and decision-making.
The goal is to be less wrong. It isn't intended as a claim that Yudkowksy is less wrong than others.
Whether that actually reflects the attitudes of members of those communities today is doubtful, though.
- noqc 1y agoAll human epistemology is trying to be "less wrong", just like all cereal is "all natural". The rationalists aren't even the first to recognize the value of printing it on the box.