How about: Singulites?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: Simplify! A modest proposal to shorten this name....
> Michael LaTorra wrote:
> >
> > SINGULARITARIANS.
> > Does anyone else here have as much trouble pronouncing
"Singularitarians" as
> > I do?
> > Hey, how about calling people so devoted to the Singularity by some
simpler
> > name?
> > Singulars?
> > Singles?
> > Singers?
> > S-Men?
> > SS? [On second thought, let's drop that last one.]
>
> This issue has been previously raised on the Singularitarian list, and
> recently John Smart has requested a formal vote on the issue of whether to
> call it "Singularitarians" or "Singularians".
>
> The vote will probably be held shortly after the Foresight Gathering.
I'll
> let you know how it turns out.
>
> -- -- -- -- --
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/home.html
> Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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