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Forgotten Religions That Worshipped Electricity

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Re: Forgotten Religions That Worshipped Electricity

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This very much reminds me of the "Children of the Atom" in the Fallout games, who love to worship nuclear installations and the atomic "glow". Their language is not unlike the language found in the article such as a miraculous healing through being "hit by an electric current". Makes me wonder if the Fallout designers based the Children of the Atom on this.

Re: Forgotten Religions That Worshipped Electricity

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I wouldn't be a bit surprised should a serious religion spring up that worships the concept of a GAI, and in fact may as a part of that worship, work toward implementing it.

I am really surprised that Mentifex hasn't started such a cult himself already!

/or maybe he has, and it's a cult of one member only...?

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post #8

I wouldn't be a bit surprised should a serious religion spring up that worships the concept of a GAI, and in fact may as a part of that worship, work toward implementing it. I am really surprised that Mentifex hasn't started such a cult himself already! /or maybe he has, and it's a cult of one member only...?

A GAI? What is that? Do you mean Gaia?

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post #8

I wouldn't be a bit surprised should a serious religion spring up that worships the concept of a GAI, and in fact may as a part of that worship, work toward implementing it. I am really surprised that Mentifex hasn't started such a cult himself already! /or maybe he has, and it's a cult of one member only...?

A GAI? What is that? Do you mean Gaia?

Maybe General AI?
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