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Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by reactordev on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @11:45AM (#44877852)
Mage yea, but the cult? Where do you roll for crazy? Is it a save against perception? Constitution? Or intelligence check?

I know the church of Scientology wants you to crit that roll of tithing.

Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by mlinhares on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @11:59AM (#44878089)
> I know the church of Scientology wants you to crit that roll of tithing.

I shouldn't LOL at this but I must. We're all gonna die in these terrible times but at least we'll LOL at the madness and stupidity of it all.

Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by reactordev on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @12:01PM (#44878131)
Like all tragedies, there’s comedy there somewhere. Sometimes you have to be it.
Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by zzzeek on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @01:22PM (#44879332)
yeah, people should understand, what is Scientology based on? The E-Meter which is some kind of cheap shit radio shack lie detector thing. I'm quite sure LLMs would do very well if given the task to spit out new cult doctrines and I would gather we are less than years away from cults based on LLM generated content (if not already).
Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by bitwize on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @01:49PM (#44879627)
Terry Davis, a cult of one, believed God spoke to him through his computer's RNG. So... yeah.
Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by reactordev on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @02:28PM (#44880084)
If only he installed Dwarf Fortress where he could become one.