Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rationalsphere

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ra-tio-nal-sphere
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An online community of individuals, centered around the forum LessWrong and the blog Slate Star Codex, who discuss philosophy, psychology, and futurism through the lens of Bayesianism and rationality.

Example Sentences

"Several of the key concepts that do the rounds in the Rationalsphere these days first arose on SL4 and the Extropians."
"I know that Cummings is a fan, because he regularly quotes them. His blogroll includes links to LessWrong, Slate Star Codex and Eliezer Yudkowsky, three of the key parts of the Rationalsphere."
"In opposition to mainstream online culture, which believes that certain arguments should be off-limits, the rationalsphere wants to be able to talk about anything. Slate Star Codex — recently renamed Astral Codex Ten — the most prominent rationalist blog, has caused controversy by countenancing free-flowing discussion of topics such as race science and female harassment of men."

Etymology

rational + or rationalist + -sphere (“designating a particular realm or interest of a group of people, object, etc”)

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rationalist

Questions

What does rationalsphere mean?: An online community of individuals, centered around the forum LessWrong and the blog Slate Star Codex, who discuss philosophy, psychology, and futurism through the lens of Bayesianism and rationality.
Where does rationalsphere come from?: rational + or rationalist + -sphere (“designating a particular realm or interest of a group of people, object, etc”)

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