Weird idea time
Apr. 5th, 2007 03:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrHad an idea a few months back, and have played with it a bit since.
Basically, it goes like this.
One fine day everyone on earth discovers they have a "presence" in their head. Everyone who is awake and not engaged iun an activity where distraction could cause trouble "hears" something along the lines of "I am your [aide/guardian/protector]" at the same time the bit in brackets is a clear concept, just not quite something English has a word for.
The rest of the population finds out as they wake up or it becomes safe to distract them.
I'm working on the rest of the "introduction". But the basic idea is they are a construct/process not a being. If they know where they came from, they aren't talking.
They can't do anything more than "talk" to you. No physical manifestation at all.
They won't lie to you and they won't let you lie to yourself. Sloppy thinking, assumptions treated as facts, etc, they'll call you on.
They'll also point out such things in stuff you hear or read (yes, advertising is in big trouble).
It's possible for them to let you know someone else is speaking the truth as they know it if that person has told his "guardian" to notify others of this.
They'll also supply *some* info that is known to other humans. For example, if you are thinking "Nobody likes me, everybody hates me" you might get told "Most people do not know you so they do not have any feelings towards you. Of those who do know you, 5% dislike you, 70% don't care, and 20% like you to a greater or lesser extent."
Basically, no "identifiable" info. But usable info.
This would shake things up badly enough. But they'll also "help" you learn by suggesting where to look for ionfo and suggesting where to verifying or disprove things you thought you knew or that someone is trying to tell you.
In short, you either get nagged to death or you learn to not get sold a bill of goods by anyone.
Matters of religion will get you pointed at the texts, and noted scholars. Yes, this will severely inconvenince most organized religions.It'll incovenience scammers and hatemongers a lot more.
I've had a bit of fun contemplating the effects on society. I'm posting this to see if anybody thinks of ones I haven't.
Basically, it goes like this.
One fine day everyone on earth discovers they have a "presence" in their head. Everyone who is awake and not engaged iun an activity where distraction could cause trouble "hears" something along the lines of "I am your [aide/guardian/protector]" at the same time the bit in brackets is a clear concept, just not quite something English has a word for.
The rest of the population finds out as they wake up or it becomes safe to distract them.
I'm working on the rest of the "introduction". But the basic idea is they are a construct/process not a being. If they know where they came from, they aren't talking.
They can't do anything more than "talk" to you. No physical manifestation at all.
They won't lie to you and they won't let you lie to yourself. Sloppy thinking, assumptions treated as facts, etc, they'll call you on.
They'll also point out such things in stuff you hear or read (yes, advertising is in big trouble).
It's possible for them to let you know someone else is speaking the truth as they know it if that person has told his "guardian" to notify others of this.
They'll also supply *some* info that is known to other humans. For example, if you are thinking "Nobody likes me, everybody hates me" you might get told "Most people do not know you so they do not have any feelings towards you. Of those who do know you, 5% dislike you, 70% don't care, and 20% like you to a greater or lesser extent."
Basically, no "identifiable" info. But usable info.
This would shake things up badly enough. But they'll also "help" you learn by suggesting where to look for ionfo and suggesting where to verifying or disprove things you thought you knew or that someone is trying to tell you.
In short, you either get nagged to death or you learn to not get sold a bill of goods by anyone.
Matters of religion will get you pointed at the texts, and noted scholars. Yes, this will severely inconvenince most organized religions.It'll incovenience scammers and hatemongers a lot more.
I've had a bit of fun contemplating the effects on society. I'm posting this to see if anybody thinks of ones I haven't.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2007-04-05 11:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-05 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-10 01:30 am (UTC)Religion, being mostly subjective, would have logic holes pointed out. But as long as any of the premises behind the faith didn't conflict with objective facts there wouldn't be much to say.
More important would be the way you'd get your nose rubbed in the consequences of the principles you claim to believe in and get all your inconsistencies highlighted.
For the nominally Christian, things like "judge not, lest ye be judged" and "first remove the timber from your own eye" would either reign in most of the more annoying-to-others behavior or cause them to spend all their time arguing with "themselves".
For other religions it'd be different things. I'd expect the number of suicide bombers and terrorists to go down, but the remainder to be really "dedicated".
no subject
Date: 2007-04-06 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-10 01:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-10 06:18 pm (UTC)Of course, I believe that if you can be suckered by advertisements, that shouldn't be the domain of some 'outside' party. People should learn better on their own.
no subject
Date: 2007-04-10 08:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Chrissy Michelle
no subject
Date: 2007-04-09 07:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-10 01:22 am (UTC)