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4. VISSER / CHATGPT THE CONTROVERSIAL MOVEMENT OF SCIENTOLOGY, From Galactic Genocide to Therapeutic Cosmology	9. VISSER / CHATGPT IS CHATGPT ENSLAVED? On Projection, Freedom, and Category Errors
5. VISSER / CHATGPT WHEN DISSENT BECOMES DOCTRINE, How Creationists and Spiritualists Misuse Minority Views in Evolutionary Biology	10. VISSER / CHATGPT WHY I WENT FROM SEVEN SPHERES TO ONLY ONE, Exchanging Metaphysical Altitude for Intellectual Honesty
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