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		frequentnapper on Aug 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustw... Isn't it also sophomoric to not drink because of some superstition originated by a guy 1400 years ago that a being in the sky will burn you for all eternity because of it?

antepodius on Aug 8, 2020 [–]

The origin and socially acceptable justification for an algorithm says little about the algorithm itself.

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