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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/wik
by Aljik 11y ago
>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 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.
- pron 11y ago> What prescriptions does singulartism give on how to live? 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Applied_Rationality