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

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

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

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

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