Gah, not to persist with the Simulacra discussion, but most religious people (and most people, most of the time, on most topics) are on Simulacra Level 3: beliefs are membership badges. Wingnuts, conspiracy theorists, and rationalists are out on Level 1, taking beliefs at face value.
I’m now thinking the woman mentioned here is on Level 4: she no longer really cares that she’s admitting things that her tribe wouldn’t say, she’s declaring that she’s one of them despite clearly being cynical about the tribal signs.
Gah, not to persist with the Simulacra discussion, but most religious people (and most people, most of the time, on most topics) are on Simulacra Level 3: beliefs are membership badges. Wingnuts, conspiracy theorists, and rationalists are out on Level 1, taking beliefs at face value.
I’m now thinking the woman mentioned here is on Level 4: she no longer really cares that she’s admitting things that her tribe wouldn’t say, she’s declaring that she’s one of them despite clearly being cynical about the tribal signs.