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 One of the challenges we faced when running this study is how to gather responsible data from surveys regarding religious identity. We'll dive into this in depth as we do analysis and look at some of the agreements and conflicts in terms of respondent attribution. Just to set the stage, we used the following kinds of question to ask about religion and spirituality:
 
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+### What is Religion?
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+Breakout box about beliefs in the paranormal:
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+World Values survey - cf. paranormal belief breakdown by generation analysis by Bobby Duffy (KCL)
+God heaven hell afterlife
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+Theos, Faith of the Faithless Report (2012)
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 ### "What is your religion?"
 

hacking_religion/index.qmd

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 ## The hacker way
 
-It's worth emphasising at the outset that this isn't meant to be a generic data science book. My own training as a researcher lies in the field of religious ethics, and my engagement with digital technology has, from the very start, been a context for exploring matters of personal values, and social action. A fair bit of ink has been spilled in books, magazines, blogs, zines, and tweets unpacking what exactly it means to be a "hacker". Pressing beyond some of the more superficial cultural stereotypes, I want to explain a bit here about how hacking can be a much more substantial vision for ethical engagement with technology and social transformation. 
+It's worth emphasising at the outset that this isn't meant to be a generic data science book. My own training as a researcher lies in the field of religious ethics, and my engagement with digital technology has, from the very start, been a context for exploring matters of personal values, and social action. A fair bit of ink has been spilled in books, magazines, blogs and zines unpacking what exactly it means to be a "hacker". Pressing beyond some of the more superficial cultural stereotypes, I want to explain a bit here about how hacking can be a much more substantial vision for ethical engagement with technology and social transformation.
 
-Back in the 1980s Steven Levy tried to capture some of this in his book "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution". As Levy put it, the "hacker ethic" included: (1) sharing, (2) openness, (3) decentralisation, (4) free access to computers and (5) world improvement. The key point here is that hacking isn't just about writing and breaking code, or testing and finding weaknesses in computer systems and networks. It can be a more substantial ethical code.
+Back in the 1980s Steven Levy tried to capture some of this in his book "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution". As Levy put it, the "hacker ethic" included: (1) sharing, (2) openness, (3) decentralisation, (4) free access to computers and (5) world improvement. The key point here is that hacking isn't just about writing and breaking code, or testing and finding weaknesses in computer systems and networks. There is often a more substantial underpinning ethical code which dovetails with on-the-surface matters of curiosity and craft.
 
 This emphasis on ethics is especially important when we're doing data science because this kind of research work will put you in positions of influence and grant you power over others. You might think this seems a bit overstated, but it never ceases to amaze me how much bringing a bar chart which succinctly shows some sort of social trend can sway a conversation or decision making process. There is something unusually persuasive that comes with the combination of aesthetics, data and storytelling. I've met many people who have come to data science out of a desire to bring about social transformation in some sphere of life. People want to use technology and communication to make the world better. However, it's possible that this can quickly get out of hand. It's important to have a clear sense of what sorts of convictions guide your work in this field, a "hacker code" of sorts. With this in mind, I'd like to share with you my own set of principles: