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A membership test for an esoteric secret society.

A membership test for an esoteric secret society.

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Where it stands

Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Finishers report initiation into a society with rituals or doctrine.

What would rule it out

  • Finishers' accounts of ordinary technical projects.

Evidence 1 for · 1 against

The questions it answers

Most likelyA private international group of privacy and anti-censorship technologists, recruiting like-minded people for…

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). A membership test for an esoteric secret society. [Answer ANS0D7R728A63XB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D7R728A63XB
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