The theory and practice of human rationality is currently at an embryonic stage. Religion runs rampant in the streets; it is not widely known that there is a systematic discipline of proper choice and belief. Some aspiring rationalists have a sense that more is possible: a belief that a much more advanced art of rationality is possible to humans, that simply has not yet been developed. The Less Wrong project itself is part of this endeavor.
Blog posts
No One Knows Stuff by talisman
One of my favorite concepts. I actually bought the domain asensethat.com for a blog. Thanks, Zack M. Davis for writing it, however brief.