Sadly I meant a more complicated thing. Within my claim of 25% on ‘crazy’, here’s a rough distribution of world-states I think I was referring to:
50%: Has joined a new religion and is devoting their ~entire life around it being true and good even though it’s IMO pretty obviously false and a waste of time, in a way where I’m like “I guess we’re basically going to increasingly drift apart and end ties”.
30%: Has joined a new cult that, while seeming positive for many people, does have some unhinged beliefs and unethical norms that will cause a lot of damage. This is like joining Scientology than like joining Christianity, and could involve things like suicide pacts, becoming a sex cult, or engaging in organized crime / other coordinated unethical action.
20%: Has personally lost the plot (closer to the way habryka describes) and will start taking unpredictable and obviously harmful actions, not in a way especially coordinated with others in her religious group. Giving concrete examples here feels hard and like it will be overly hypothesis-promoting. But basically things that will hurt herself or other people.
I think these are more extreme than the majority of the population (incl. most ordinary religious people). But my guess is that the first bullet is probably unfair to call ‘crazy’, and instead I should’ve given 12.5% to the claim. I think it’s reasonable to think that it is mean and unfair of me to refer to the first thing as ‘crazy’, and regret it a bit.
Sadly I meant a more complicated thing. Within my claim of 25% on ‘crazy’, here’s a rough distribution of world-states I think I was referring to:
50%: Has joined a new religion and is devoting their ~entire life around it being true and good even though it’s IMO pretty obviously false and a waste of time, in a way where I’m like “I guess we’re basically going to increasingly drift apart and end ties”.
30%: Has joined a new cult that, while seeming positive for many people, does have some unhinged beliefs and unethical norms that will cause a lot of damage. This is like joining Scientology than like joining Christianity, and could involve things like suicide pacts, becoming a sex cult, or engaging in organized crime / other coordinated unethical action.
20%: Has personally lost the plot (closer to the way habryka describes) and will start taking unpredictable and obviously harmful actions, not in a way especially coordinated with others in her religious group. Giving concrete examples here feels hard and like it will be overly hypothesis-promoting. But basically things that will hurt herself or other people.
I think these are more extreme than the majority of the population (incl. most ordinary religious people). But my guess is that the first bullet is probably unfair to call ‘crazy’, and instead I should’ve given 12.5% to the claim. I think it’s reasonable to think that it is mean and unfair of me to refer to the first thing as ‘crazy’, and regret it a bit.