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@toerror@mastodon.gamedev.place There is a paper going round about researchers trying to define "religion" who went at it frem a new angle: as a set of behaviors, not beliefs. In short, that the core mechanism of a religion or similar is: public expression of a belief in an assertion that cannot be proven, that the group shares. The specifics don't matter, this declaration puts you on the inside. This dangerous time has lots of people grasping for something anything, and a nicely modern scientificalish one involving computers is a QAnon for nerdfolk. And this oracle you can actually ask questions! I have a copy of the paper on a real computer but atm im sitting out in a sunny socal parking lot with my phone. @BillySmith@social.coop @jonny@neuromatch.social @yora@mastodon.gamedev.place