It’s not even a pun, “rational numbers” are also called that because they can be written as ratios. A lot of people seem to be wanting to change the name, but I think that’s a funny rationalist bias with the word. I work with maths quite a bit and I picked it up instantly. Then again, that could be a maths bias, but I think the average person has heard “rational numbers” more often than “Rationalism” (meaning LessWrong Rationalism). I think rational breaks is actually one of the best names you can give them, along with “fractional”.
It’s not even a pun, “rational numbers” are also called that because they can be written as ratios. A lot of people seem to be wanting to change the name, but I think that’s a funny rationalist bias with the word. I work with maths quite a bit and I picked it up instantly. Then again, that could be a maths bias, but I think the average person has heard “rational numbers” more often than “Rationalism” (meaning LessWrong Rationalism). I think rational breaks is actually one of the best names you can give them, along with “fractional”.