"Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families, employers, friends, and credit-card companies."

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"Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families, employers, friends, and credit-card companies."

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"The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older."

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