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Edited by Grognor, fubarobfusco, Ruby, Vladimir_Nesov, Rick Rejeleene, et al. last updated 19th Jun 2022

Religion is a complex group of human activities — involving commitment to higher power, belief in belief, and a range of shared group practices such as worship meetings, rites of passage, etc.

See also

  • Groupthink, Affective death spiral
  • Belief in belief, improper belief
  • Epistemic hygiene
  • Truth
  • Rationalization, self-deception
  • Magic, fake simplicity
  • Absurdity heuristic
  • Third alternative
  • Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions

External links

  • BHTV: Yudkowsky & Adam Frank on "religious experience"
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