A good point about the general pattern of conversion from a belief to belief in belief. There must be a standard name for this phenomenon, though, and “maxi” doesn’t ring a bell outside bitcoin true believers. The terms that come to mind are “radical”, “orthodox”, “militant” and “fundamentalist”, depending on the domain.
Gotcha yea I hadn’t considered those terms; my thinking was that there isn’t an established standard name for this phenomenon. I haven’t seen a standard term for it on lesswrong, but you would think if such a term existed it would be found here pretty easily. Of the ones you list I think “orthodox” fits the best, but they are all highly overloaded and generally used with religious connotations.
I agree that “maxi” doesn’t ring a bell outside of the crypto space right now, but my thinking was to introduce it as a term to represent this idea of “belief in belief” and have it spread from there.
“Maximalist” does have a general definition not specific to crypto: a person who holds extreme views and is not prepared to compromise (Oxford languages).
A good point about the general pattern of conversion from a belief to belief in belief. There must be a standard name for this phenomenon, though, and “maxi” doesn’t ring a bell outside bitcoin true believers. The terms that come to mind are “radical”, “orthodox”, “militant” and “fundamentalist”, depending on the domain.
Gotcha yea I hadn’t considered those terms; my thinking was that there isn’t an established standard name for this phenomenon. I haven’t seen a standard term for it on lesswrong, but you would think if such a term existed it would be found here pretty easily. Of the ones you list I think “orthodox” fits the best, but they are all highly overloaded and generally used with religious connotations.
I agree that “maxi” doesn’t ring a bell outside of the crypto space right now, but my thinking was to introduce it as a term to represent this idea of “belief in belief” and have it spread from there.
“Maximalist” does have a general definition not specific to crypto: a person who holds extreme views and is not prepared to compromise (Oxford languages).