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@xahteiwi@mastodon.social I'm a believer in the oracle of Delphi. Obviously the drugged priestess spouted nonsense, but then it was interpreted by the priests. They had centuries of experience and received delegations from throughout the Greek world. They'd know if, say, the harvest failed in Sicily or war broke out in Egypt. And they could judge how that might impact on trade and politics elsewhere. In other words, a think tank, and probably quite a good one