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by Aljik
3849 days ago
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>With that I would disagree. What prescriptions does singulartism give on how to live? >None of those are required of a religion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion If you want to call the singularity culture a cult or religion, I'm not going to stop you. You can define things however you want. However, from what I see it has little in common with other things I would call cults, and other things I would call religions. Now if you are honestly consistent, I will applaud you. So I am curious to ask. What are some other cults, aside from the ones I would agree to be cults (Scientology and such). What are some other religions aside from the ones I would agree to be religions (Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and such...). I'm just basically curious what else you call a cult/religion aside from singularity + the stereotypical stuff. |
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Well, not singularitarianism alone, because it is certainly just a subset of a belief system, but the prescriptive side of that culture is known as CFAR[1], I believe, where Yudkowsky plays a role.
> You can define things however you want.
Not how I want, but how academics who study religion define them.
> What are some other cults, aside from the ones I would agree to be cults (Scientology and such). What are some other religions aside from the ones I would agree to be religions (Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and such...)
A notable one (that has so far taken many forms) is New Age. It is related to another called theosophy (of the Theosophical Society).
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Applied_Rationality