I noticed that I almost upvoted your post because it was an in-group thing to say and not because of its actual merit in this conversation. Having the word ‘conspiracy’ anywhere near the name of this organization would be a downright awful idea in practice. I’d as soon suggest changing the official LessWrong slogan to “We’re Not A Cult!”.
It is an advantage for a name to include a word that has “juicy” connotations, in contrast with words like rationality, institute, decision, making, water, line, study, practical, critical, insight.
The Bayesian Conspiracy!
I noticed that I almost upvoted your post because it was an in-group thing to say and not because of its actual merit in this conversation. Having the word ‘conspiracy’ anywhere near the name of this organization would be a downright awful idea in practice. I’d as soon suggest changing the official LessWrong slogan to “We’re Not A Cult!”.
Why? It seems unlikely that a real conspiracy would label itself “conspiracy”, and promote itself under that name.
If you owned a restaurant, would you have menu items like “The Shit Sandwich”?
If I was in a restaurant with a menu item like that, I would consider ordering it just to see what it was.
(I take your point though.)
I don’t trust people to think that clearly. Plus, ‘conspiracy’ has negative connotations that are almost antithetical to evidence-based reasoning.
We will need better robes.
But it’s not secret. Bayesian Order maybe.
That is my favorite name so far.
It is an advantage for a name to include a word that has “juicy” connotations, in contrast with words like rationality, institute, decision, making, water, line, study, practical, critical, insight.