palebluethought

A cult is basically just a religion that is not large or old enough to force people to take it seriously. It just so happens that small, new religions are also extremely volatile and unstable and prone to extremely stupid decisions

I guess technically, but the LLM doesn't have access to anything, so the only real consequence would be an inaccurate summary

I didn't even know there were user avatars. Most common apps don't show them.

I don't think I understand the question. People invented it?

Yes, way, way more. Go look at how big a quarry is, compared to a mountain, and realize that took years and years of work from equipment that probably costs more than that by itself

I think he means, is there any value to it? Bc otherwise the cost is colossal and nobody's gonna level a mountain just to develop on the land

What do you mean "cling to the idea they can't be reached?" A huge portion of political spending goes towards trying to increase turnout (of the people likely to vote for you).