Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now.

Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention detectors.

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.

Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now.

People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive success loop over generations.

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has been made such an unpleasant and degrading experience.

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