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the architects of religion were the original memetic engineers, the prior art that marketers and propogandists reverently reference
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RT @BlindMansion
The thing is, this view is *kinda* biblical.
As in, it could be argued that the New Testament authors were going for this sort of thing. https://twitter.com/MasterTimBlais/status/1607003742670397441
https://twitter.com/BlindMansion/status/1607207304918872064
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the various gods all appear equally real thru this lens, living in the noosphere but anchored in the mind of every believer
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RT @pee_zombie
gods are literally real; we just use the wrong ontics
a god is not a supernatural anthromorphic entity but rather an egregore comprised of the cumulative actions of every meme holder, ie believer
the noosphere is not somehow immune to natural selection; gods need resources too https://twitter.…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1516123992603643913
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the belief, the meme, is a god-tulpa, the Body
the clergy is a specialized memeholder pressed into service, an Officer
the holy books are spores containing the serialized Genome
the temples are artificial memetic hosts, cooperative mecha
gods are Real
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RT @pee_zombie
milady is a perfect example of an ascendant hybrid technologically-mediated egregore
not quite awakened just yet but with every meme, fan vid, viral schizo screed,…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1506485822274609154
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memes are symbiotes in the most literal sense, organisms living within us. some are parasitic while others are mutualistic; the worst of the former manipulate us to act against our interests, all the while believing to be motivated by our own agency
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RT @pee_zombie
it's worth considering your cognitive frame from a utility perspective; is it serving you? does thinking in this way make your life better, does it give you useful insigh…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1398736044154044420
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a mutualistic meme must be metabolically adaptive, possessing cognitive utility, aiding us in our sensemaking endeavors; is religion one of these? is believing in a god useful? or is the meme using us?
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RT @pee_zombie
@relic_radiation what matters much more than "are spirits real" is "does talking about spirits help me understand and relate to the world better"
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1542281366896779264?t=03uuUeomgG…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1554560787607302144
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who are to be the shamans of hyperreality if not us poasters?
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the hyperreal criticality has brought about a great rewilding of the mind as the veil between the realms thins and the world of spirits merges with the corporeal
the ubiquity of the internet, ie the reification of the noosphere, necessitates the rise of shamans to guide us thru