NOTE: antipope.org is my blog, but this was a guest blog essay by qntm, who can more commonly be found at https://qntm.org/ https://qntm.org/ (Mentioning this

NOTE: antipope.org is my blog, but this was a guest blog essay by qntm, who can more commonly be found at https://qntm.org/ https://qntm.org/ (Mentioning this because I've just seem some drive-by commenters attributing "Lena" to me. I didn't write that; I wish I could.)