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Comment author: ChristianKl 10 January 2016 12:50:46AM 3 points [-]

My intention with writing this post was not to discuss religious extremism itself.

How do you think an ideological turing test works without discussing ideology?

top leadership of isis to be rational people

The standard usage of rational in these quarters happens to be about maximizing an utility function. There no reason why you can't be religious and be effective at maximizing the utility function dictated by your religion.

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