From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Tue Jun 04 2002 - 17:29:17 MDT
>
> IIRC, I started using the `rational thought' terminology because when I
> was setting up the mailing list for Rational Thinkers I had to have some
> name for it an `rational' was the most appropriate words I could think
> of. It was likely inspired by recent use of the word on SL4 or
> somewhere else. If someone can think of a good replacement, please let
> me know.
If I'd thought of something better, i would have suggested it! Words are
all slippery, yet mathematics communicates only to the few. So we have to
use words and deal with their multiple shades of meaning...
ben
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