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Fractalguy: /* Modern Resistance to Definitions */

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	== The [[Meta]] Definition ==		== The [[Meta]] Definition ==
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	[[metaculture]] avoids this issue by putting [[science]] and the [[Science\|scientific method]] at the core of its ideology. This means that '''''the only dogma is that there is no dogma'''''. That is something that [[secular]] [[progressives]] can [[believe]] in and say that they stand for, because it will always be [[true]].		[[metaculture]] avoids this issue by putting [[science]] and the [[Science\|scientific method]] at the core of its ideology. This means that '''''the only dogma is that there is no dogma'''''. That is something that [[secular]] [[progressives]] can [[believe]] in and say that they stand for, because it will always be [[true]].

	This is similar to the [~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Paradox_of_tolerance Paradox of Tolerance] that requires us to be intolerant of intolerance. We must be dogmatic in our resistance to dogma if we [[hope]] to prevail.		This is similar to the [[wikipedia:Paradox_of_tolerance\|Paradox of Tolerance]] that requires us to be intolerant of intolerance. We must be dogmatic in our resistance to dogma if we [[hope]] to prevail.

	If you have spent a lot of [[time]] in the [[JP and JC]] spaces of YouTube, you can say something similar but with [[ideology]]. In this case it's a bit more nuanced, since ideology does not necessarily have the implication of rigidity that dogma has. And the [[goal]] isn't to resist all ideology, [[just]] the ones that are rigid or [[authoritarian]]. It would be more [[like]] ''The ideology of [[self-correcting]] ideology''.		If you have spent a lot of [[time]] in the [[JP and JC]] spaces of YouTube, you can say something similar but with [[ideology]]. In this case it's a bit more nuanced, since ideology does not necessarily have the implication of rigidity that dogma has. And the [[goal]] isn't to resist all ideology, [[just]] the ones that are rigid or [[authoritarian]]. It would be more [[like]] ''The ideology of [[self-correcting]] ideology''.

Fractalguy: /* The Meta Definition */

2025-06-28T11:56:42Z

The Meta Definition

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	If you have spent a lot of [[time]] in the [[JP and JC]] spaces of YouTube, you can say something similar but with [[ideology]]. In this case it's a bit more nuanced, since ideology does not necessarily have the implication of rigidity that dogma has. And the [[goal]] isn't to resist all ideology, [[just]] the ones that are rigid or [[authoritarian]]. It would be more [[like]] ''The ideology of [[self-correcting]] ideology''.		If you have spent a lot of [[time]] in the [[JP and JC]] spaces of YouTube, you can say something similar but with [[ideology]]. In this case it's a bit more nuanced, since ideology does not necessarily have the implication of rigidity that dogma has. And the [[goal]] isn't to resist all ideology, [[just]] the ones that are rigid or [[authoritarian]]. It would be more [[like]] ''The ideology of [[self-correcting]] ideology''.

	The [[Jordan Peterson\|Peterson]] problem is more generally a problem with [[wikipedia:Guru\|Gurus]]. By creating an ~~anonymously authored~~ [[wiki]], [[metaculture]] creates a ''[[Guru]] without Gurus''. A virtual guru that [[represents]] the collective [[wisdom]] of many different [[experts]] instead of a single know-it-all, and avoids the [[temptation]] towards [[grift]] and [https://www.neuroscienceof.com/human-nature-blog/audience-capture-psychology-economics-nickocado-keynes audience capture] that the guru [[wikipedia:Cult_of_personality\|cult of personality]] [[inevitably]] leads to. The [https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/ Decoding the Gurus] [[podcast]] is a great way to learn about all of the problematic guru [[grifters]] that have taken over the Internet and are brainwashing a generation, especially [[Manosphere\|young men]].		The [[Jordan Peterson\|Peterson]] problem is more generally a problem with [[wikipedia:Guru\|Gurus]]. By creating an anonymous [[wiki]] featuring the works of many [[authors]] and content creators, [[metaculture]] creates a ''[[Guru]] without Gurus''. A virtual guru that [[represents]] the collective [[wisdom]] of many different [[experts]] instead of a single know-it-all, and avoids the [[temptation]] towards [[grift]] and [https://www.neuroscienceof.com/human-nature-blog/audience-capture-psychology-economics-nickocado-keynes audience capture] that the guru [[wikipedia:Cult_of_personality\|cult of personality]] [[inevitably]] leads to.

			The [https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/ Decoding the Gurus] [[podcast]] is a great way to learn about all of the problematic guru [[grifters]] that have taken over the Internet and are brainwashing a generation, especially [[Manosphere\|young men]].

	Dogma of no dogma. Ideology of [[self-correcting]] ideology. Guru without gurus. All of these [[concepts]] use the [[self-reference]] technique perfected by [[Gödel]] to provide a dogma, ideology, and guru that offers [[certainty]] through [[Science\|method]] rather than [[faith]] in [[authority]].		Dogma of no dogma. Ideology of [[self-correcting]] ideology. Guru without gurus. All of these [[concepts]] use the [[self-reference]] technique perfected by [[Gödel]] to provide a dogma, ideology, and guru that offers [[certainty]] through [[Science\|method]] rather than [[faith]] in [[authority]].

Fractalguy: /* No Dogma, No Gurus. What Next? */

2025-06-17T23:56:27Z

No Dogma, No Gurus. What Next?

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	Of course, beyond this base assumption of ''no dogma'' is all of the knowledge and [[evidence]] that [[science]] and [[religions]] have gathered over the course of human [[history]] that must be taken into account when developing a [[belief system]], documenting [[best practices]], and making [[life choices]]. [[metaculture]] creates a malleable, [[self-correcting]] dogma that makes recommendations based on the best of our current knowledge, and stays up-to-date when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVmpJaMffM new shit has come to light].		Of course, beyond this base assumption of ''no dogma'' is all of the knowledge and [[evidence]] that [[science]] and [[religions]] have gathered over the course of human [[history]] that must be taken into account when developing a [[belief system]], documenting [[best practices]], and making [[life choices]]. [[metaculture]] creates a malleable, [[self-correcting]] dogma that makes recommendations based on the best of our current knowledge, and stays up-to-date when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVmpJaMffM new shit has come to light].

	[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13651.The_Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed], one of the all-time greatest works of [[science]] fiction, explores what a [[society]] built upon the core ideal of rooting out dogmas and false assumptions might look like. In this "ambiguous [[utopia]]" [[beliefs]], [[social norms]], and [[institutions]] are ~~continually~~ deconstructed, in what is described as a "continuous [[revolution]]."		[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13651.The_Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed], one of the all-time greatest works of [[science]] fiction, explores what a [[society]] built upon the core ideal of rooting out dogmas and false assumptions might look like. In this "ambiguous [[utopia]]" [[beliefs]], [[social norms]], and [[institutions]] are perpetually deconstructed, in what is described as a "continuous [[revolution]]."

	== Fight Ideology With Better Ideology ==		== Fight Ideology With Better Ideology ==

Fractalguy: /* No Dogma, No Gurus. What Next? */

2025-06-17T23:54:57Z

No Dogma, No Gurus. What Next?

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	Of course, beyond this base assumption of ''no dogma'' is all of the knowledge and [[evidence]] that [[science]] and [[religions]] have gathered over the course of human [[history]] that must be taken into account when developing a [[belief system]], documenting [[best practices]], and making [[life choices]]. [[metaculture]] creates a malleable, [[self-correcting]] dogma that makes recommendations based on the best of our current knowledge, and stays up-to-date when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVmpJaMffM new shit has come to light].		Of course, beyond this base assumption of ''no dogma'' is all of the knowledge and [[evidence]] that [[science]] and [[religions]] have gathered over the course of human [[history]] that must be taken into account when developing a [[belief system]], documenting [[best practices]], and making [[life choices]]. [[metaculture]] creates a malleable, [[self-correcting]] dogma that makes recommendations based on the best of our current knowledge, and stays up-to-date when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVmpJaMffM new shit has come to light].

			[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13651.The_Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed], one of the all-time greatest works of [[science]] fiction, explores what a [[society]] built upon the core ideal of rooting out dogmas and false assumptions might look like. In this "ambiguous [[utopia]]" [[beliefs]], [[social norms]], and [[institutions]] are continually deconstructed, in what is described as a "continuous [[revolution]]."

	== Fight Ideology With Better Ideology ==		== Fight Ideology With Better Ideology ==

Fractalguy: /* Kevin Smith Made a Movie About It */

2025-02-19T13:04:22Z

Kevin Smith Made a Movie About It

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	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiTD8PePmX4\|\|center\|What is Dogma?\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiTD8PePmX4\|\|center\|What is Dogma?\|frame}}
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			Zizek's most popular video deconstructs the hidden ideologies of many great movies.
	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBcFLmu_tlc\|\|center\|The Pervert's Guide to Ideology - Slavoj Žižek\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBcFLmu_tlc\|\|center\|The Pervert's Guide to Ideology - Slavoj Žižek\|frame}}
	And a [https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/slavoj-zizek-when-is-a-shark-not-a-shark reaction/criticism from Decoding the Gurus]~~<br>~~		And a [https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/slavoj-zizek-when-is-a-shark-not-a-shark reaction/criticism from Decoding the Gurus]. Sometimes a shark is just a shark!<br>
	~~{{#ev:youtube\|https://www~~.~~youtube.com/watch?v=0U6K-MabVqw\|\|center\|Dogma (1999) Full Movie\|frame}}~~
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	The first rule of Dogma is that there is no Dogma.		The first rule of Dogma is that there is no Dogma.
	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57EtewmDZ8c\|\|center\|Every First Rule of Fight Club Reference. Ever.\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57EtewmDZ8c\|\|center\|Every First Rule of Fight Club Reference. Ever.\|frame}}
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	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCh9OhDiCI\|\|center\|Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCh9OhDiCI\|\|center\|Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod\|frame}}

Fractalguy: /* Kevin Smith Made a Movie About It */

2025-02-19T13:02:27Z

Kevin Smith Made a Movie About It

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	== Kevin Smith Made a Movie About It ==		== Kevin Smith Made a Movie About It ==

	Does reading about Dogma make you long for Kevin Smith's heyday as a filmmaker? If so you'~~re in luck!~~		Does reading about Dogma make you long for Kevin Smith's heyday as a filmmaker? If so, you will have to search YouTube for a copy that hasn't been taken down yet, because [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/dogma none of the services stream it].

	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBWU3Qzrefk\|\|center\|Neil deGrasse Tyson on Dogma\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBWU3Qzrefk\|\|center\|Neil deGrasse Tyson on Dogma\|frame}}

Fractalguy: links

2025-02-19T12:59:48Z

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Fractalguy: /* Modern Resistance to Definitions */

2025-02-19T12:58:07Z

Modern Resistance to Definitions

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	This represents a [[postmodern]] [[philosophical]] framework that prioritizes the [[subjective]] nature of [[truth]] in an attempt to counter [[cultural]] superiority complexes in the wake of global [[war]] and [[genocide]]. If nobody is better than anyone else, that quells the will to subjugate. This has been the dominant framework for most of the humanities academia for the last 50+ years, and has had a significant influence on [[progressive]] [[wikipedia:Identity_politics\|identify politics]].		This represents a [[postmodern]] [[philosophical]] framework that prioritizes the [[subjective]] nature of [[truth]] in an attempt to counter [[cultural]] superiority complexes in the wake of global [[war]] and [[genocide]]. If nobody is better than anyone else, that quells the will to subjugate. This has been the dominant framework for most of the humanities academia for the last 50+ years, and has had a significant influence on [[progressive]] [[wikipedia:Identity_politics\|identify politics]].

	By revealing the [[power]] structures behind most [[Metanarrative\|metanarratives]], deconstruction inadvertently primed us for modern [[authoritarian]] [[misinformation]] and [[conspiracy theory]] campaigns. Rather than using deconstruction for its intended purpose of revealing the hidden motivations and [[incentives]] that influence the stories we tell, it caused many to take the cynical view that all [[information]] is [[subjective]]. This has caused the public to doubt all assertions of objective [[truth]] and retreat to their [[in-groups]], believing only what those on their team seem to agree with. This makes it much easier for [[authoritarians]] and [[grifters]] to take advantage by simply donning the uniform and ~~lingo~~ their target.		By revealing the [[power]] structures behind most [[Metanarrative\|metanarratives]], deconstruction inadvertently primed us for modern [[authoritarian]] [[misinformation]] and [[conspiracy theory]] campaigns. Rather than using deconstruction for its intended purpose of revealing the hidden motivations and [[incentives]] that influence the stories we tell, it caused many to take the cynical view that all [[information]] is [[subjective]]. This has caused the public to doubt all assertions of objective [[truth]] and retreat to their [[in-groups]], believing only what those on their team seem to agree with. This makes it much easier for [[authoritarians]] and [[grifters]] to take advantage by simply donning the uniform and [[language]] their target.

	How can we resist the rigidity and superiority complexes that arise once you make any claim to objective [[truth]]? How can we create a shared [[reality]] space that is not dependent on [[in-group]] identity and [[beliefs]]? How can we spread these [[ideas]] to people of many [[cultures]] and generations if we can't define them and say that they are somehow better than the alternative?		How can we resist the rigidity and superiority complexes that arise once you make any claim to objective [[truth]]? How can we create a shared [[reality]] space that is not dependent on [[in-group]] identity and [[beliefs]]? How can we spread these [[ideas]] to people of many [[cultures]] and generations if we can't define them and say that they are somehow better than the alternative?

Fractalguy at 22:36, 8 February 2025

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	[[File:Dogma-scripture-literalism-fundamentalism-faith-religion.jpg\|thumb\|Maybe this stock photo priest isn't dogmatic don't make assumptions]]		[[File:Dogma-scripture-literalism-fundamentalism-faith-religion.jpg\|thumb\|Maybe this stock photo priest isn't dogmatic don't make assumptions]]
	[[wikipedia:Dogma\|Dogma]] and its cousins [[wikipedia:Ideology\|Ideology]] and [[Metanarrative]] get a lot of hate in modern [[philosophy]], despite the fact that they have provided significant [[incentives]] for humans to do very big things in the past. Sometimes great things, sometimes not so great. But most of the really big things had an ideology driving them.<blockquote>''"The new spirituality will step away from dogma, will step away from 'We're right and you're wrong.'"'' -[[wikipedia:Neale_Donald_Walsch\|Neale Donald Walsch]]</blockquote>See [[utopia]] for more on how the drive to make things perfect [[inevitably]] makes things worse.		[[wikipedia:Dogma\|Dogma]] and its cousins [[wikipedia:Ideology\|Ideology]] and [[Metanarrative]] get a lot of hate in modern [[philosophy]], despite the fact that they have provided significant [[incentives]] for humans to do very big things in the past. Sometimes great things, sometimes not so great. But most of the really big things had an ideology driving them.<blockquote>''"The new [[spirituality]] will step away from dogma, will step away from 'We're right and you're wrong.'"'' -[[wikipedia:Neale_Donald_Walsch\|Neale Donald Walsch]]</blockquote>See [[utopia]] for more on how the drive to make things perfect [[inevitably]] makes things worse.

	== Modern Resistance to Definitions ==		== Modern Resistance to Definitions ==

Fractalguy: /* No Dogma, No Gurus. What Next? */

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No Dogma, No Gurus. What Next?

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	== No Dogma, No Gurus. What Next? ==		== No Dogma, No Gurus. What Next? ==

	Of course, beyond this base assumption of ''no dogma'' is all of the knowledge and evidence that [[science]] and [[religions]] have gathered over the course of human history that must be taken into account when developing a [[belief system]], documenting [[best practices]], and making [[life choices]]. [[metaculture]] creates a malleable, [[self-correcting]] dogma that makes recommendations based on the best of our current knowledge, and stays up-to-date when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVmpJaMffM new shit has come to light].		Of course, beyond this base assumption of ''no dogma'' is all of the knowledge and evidence that [[science]] and [[religions]] have gathered over the course of human [[history]] that must be taken into account when developing a [[belief system]], documenting [[best practices]], and making [[life choices]]. [[metaculture]] creates a malleable, [[self-correcting]] dogma that makes recommendations based on the best of our current knowledge, and stays up-to-date when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVmpJaMffM new shit has come to light].

	== Fight Ideology With Better Ideology ==		== Fight Ideology With Better Ideology ==

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	[[File:Dogma-scripture-literalism-fundamentalism-faith-religion.jpg\|thumb\|Maybe this stock photo priest isn't dogmatic don't make assumptions]]		[[File:Dogma-scripture-literalism-fundamentalism-faith-religion.jpg\|thumb\|Maybe this stock photo priest isn't dogmatic don't make assumptions]]
	[[wikipedia:Dogma\|Dogma]] and its cousins [[wikipedia:Ideology\|Ideology]] and [[Metanarrative]] get a lot of hate in modern [[philosophy]], despite the fact that they have provided significant [[incentives]] for humans to do very big things in the past. Sometimes great things, sometimes not so great. But most of the really big things had an ideology driving them.<blockquote>''"The new [[spirituality]] will step away from dogma, will step away from 'We're right and you're wrong.'"'' -[[wikipedia:Neale_Donald_Walsch\|Neale Donald Walsch]]</blockquote>See [[utopia]] for more on how the drive to make things perfect [[inevitably]] makes things worse.		[[wikipedia:Dogma\|Dogma]] and its cousins [[wikipedia:Ideology\|Ideology]] and [[Metanarrative]] get a lot of [[hate]] in modern [[philosophy]], despite the fact that they have provided significant [[incentives]] for humans to do very big things in the past. Sometimes great things, sometimes not so great. But most of the really big things had an ideology driving them.<blockquote>''"The new [[spirituality]] will step away from dogma, will step away from 'We're right and you're wrong.'"'' -[[wikipedia:Neale_Donald_Walsch\|Neale Donald Walsch]]</blockquote>See [[utopia]] for more on how the drive to make things perfect [[inevitably]] makes things worse.

	== Modern Resistance to Definitions ==		== Modern Resistance to Definitions ==

	Most [[secular]] and [[progressive]] people are inherently resistant to any established [[belief system]] due to the fact that once you establish one it becomes dogma. And once you have dogma you have [[hierarchy]], resistance to change, and the [[truth]] leaves you behind. This is understandable, but it puts them at quite a disadvantage when it comes to appealing to those who are seeking out a [[belief system]] and don't really want to have to figure everything out for themselves. [https://youtu.be/waEC-8GFTP4?t=27]		Most [[secular]] and [[progressive]] people are inherently resistant to any established [[belief system]] due to the fact that once you establish one it becomes dogma. And once you have dogma you have [[hierarchy]], resistance to change, and the [[truth]] leaves you behind. This is understandable, but it puts them at quite a disadvantage when it comes to appealing to those who are seeking out a [[belief system]] and don't really want to have to figure [[everything]] out for themselves. [https://youtu.be/waEC-8GFTP4?t=27]

	This represents a [[postmodern]] [[philosophical]] framework that prioritizes the [[subjective]] nature of [[truth]] in an attempt to counter [[cultural]] superiority complexes in the wake of global [[war]] and [[genocide]]. If nobody is better than anyone else, that quells the will to subjugate. This has been the dominant framework for most of the humanities academia for the last 50+ years, and has had a significant influence on [[progressive]] [[wikipedia:Identity_politics\|identify politics]].		This represents a [[postmodern]] [[philosophical]] framework that prioritizes the [[subjective]] [[nature]] of [[truth]] in an attempt to counter [[cultural]] [[superiority]] complexes in the wake of global [[war]] and [[genocide]]. If nobody is better than anyone else, that quells the will to subjugate. This has been the dominant framework for most of the humanities academia for the last 50+ years, and has had a significant influence on [[progressive]] [[wikipedia:Identity_politics\|identify politics]].

	By revealing the [[power]] structures behind most [[Metanarrative\|metanarratives]], deconstruction inadvertently primed us for modern [[authoritarian]] [[misinformation]] and [[conspiracy theory]] campaigns. Rather than using deconstruction for its intended purpose of revealing the hidden motivations and [[incentives]] that influence the stories we tell, it caused many to take the cynical view that all [[information]] is [[subjective]]. This has caused the public to doubt all assertions of objective [[truth]] and retreat to their [[in-groups]], believing only what those on their team seem to agree with. This makes it much easier for [[authoritarians]] and [[grifters]] to take advantage by simply donning the uniform and [[language]] their target.		By revealing the [[power]] structures behind most [[Metanarrative\|metanarratives]], deconstruction inadvertently primed us for modern [[authoritarian]] [[misinformation]] and [[conspiracy theory]] campaigns. Rather than using deconstruction for its intended [[purpose]] of revealing the hidden [[motivations]] and [[incentives]] that influence the stories we tell, it caused many to take the cynical view that all [[information]] is [[subjective]]. This has caused the public to [[doubt]] all assertions of [[objective]] [[truth]] and retreat to their [[in-groups]], believing only what those on their team seem to agree with. This makes it much easier for [[authoritarians]] and [[grifters]] to take advantage by simply donning the uniform and [[language]] their target.

	How can we resist the rigidity and superiority complexes that arise once you make any claim to objective [[truth]]? How can we create a shared [[reality]] space that is not dependent on [[in-group]] identity and [[beliefs]]? How can we spread these [[ideas]] to people of many [[cultures]] and generations if we can't define them and say that they are somehow better than the alternative?		How can we resist the rigidity and superiority complexes that arise once you make any claim to objective [[truth]]? How can we create a shared [[reality]] space that is not dependent on [[in-group]] identity and [[beliefs]]? How can we spread these [[ideas]] to people of many [[cultures]] and [[generations]] if we can't define them and say that they are somehow better than the alternative?

	== The [[Meta]] Definition ==		== The [[Meta]] Definition ==

	[[metaculture]] avoids this issue by putting [[science]] and the [[Science\|scientific method]] at the core of its ideology. This means that '''''the only dogma is that there is no dogma'''''. That is something that [[secular]] [[progressives]] can [[believe]] in and say that they stand for, because it will always be true.		[[metaculture]] avoids this issue by putting [[science]] and the [[Science\|scientific method]] at the core of its ideology. This means that '''''the only dogma is that there is no dogma'''''. That is something that [[secular]] [[progressives]] can [[believe]] in and say that they stand for, because it will always be [[true]].

	This is similar to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Paradox of Tolerance] that requires us to be intolerant of intolerance. We must be dogmatic in our resistance to dogma if we hope to prevail.		This is similar to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Paradox of Tolerance] that requires us to be intolerant of intolerance. We must be dogmatic in our resistance to dogma if we [[hope]] to prevail.

	If you have spent a lot of time in the [[JP and JC]] spaces of YouTube, you can say something similar but with [[ideology]]. In this case it's a bit more nuanced, since ideology does not necessarily have the implication of rigidity that dogma has. And the goal isn't to resist all ideology, just the ones that are rigid or [[authoritarian]]. It would be more like ''The ideology of [[self-correcting]] ideology''.		If you have spent a lot of [[time]] in the [[JP and JC]] spaces of YouTube, you can say something similar but with [[ideology]]. In this case it's a bit more nuanced, since ideology does not necessarily have the implication of rigidity that dogma has. And the [[goal]] isn't to resist all ideology, [[just]] the ones that are rigid or [[authoritarian]]. It would be more [[like]] ''The ideology of [[self-correcting]] ideology''.

	The [[Jordan Peterson\|Peterson]] problem is more generally a problem with [[wikipedia:Guru\|Gurus]]. By creating an anonymously authored [[wiki]], [[metaculture]] creates a ''Guru without Gurus''. A virtual guru that represents the collective wisdom of many different experts instead of a single know-it-all, and avoids the [[temptation]] towards [[grift]] and [https://www.neuroscienceof.com/human-nature-blog/audience-capture-psychology-economics-nickocado-keynes audience capture] that the guru [[wikipedia:Cult_of_personality\|cult of personality]] [[inevitably]] leads to. The [https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/ Decoding the Gurus] [[podcast]] is a great way to learn about all of the problematic guru [[grifters]] that have taken over the Internet and are brainwashing a generation, especially [[Manosphere\|young men]].		The [[Jordan Peterson\|Peterson]] problem is more generally a problem with [[wikipedia:Guru\|Gurus]]. By creating an anonymously authored [[wiki]], [[metaculture]] creates a ''[[Guru]] without Gurus''. A virtual guru that [[represents]] the collective [[wisdom]] of many different [[experts]] instead of a single know-it-all, and avoids the [[temptation]] towards [[grift]] and [https://www.neuroscienceof.com/human-nature-blog/audience-capture-psychology-economics-nickocado-keynes audience capture] that the guru [[wikipedia:Cult_of_personality\|cult of personality]] [[inevitably]] leads to. The [https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/ Decoding the Gurus] [[podcast]] is a great way to learn about all of the problematic guru [[grifters]] that have taken over the Internet and are brainwashing a generation, especially [[Manosphere\|young men]].

	Dogma of no dogma. Ideology of [[self-correcting]] ideology. Guru without gurus. All of these [[concepts]] use the [[self-reference]] technique perfected by [[Gödel]] to provide a dogma, ideology, and guru that offers [[certainty]] through [[Science\|method]] rather than [[faith]] in [[authority]].		Dogma of no dogma. Ideology of [[self-correcting]] ideology. Guru without gurus. All of these [[concepts]] use the [[self-reference]] technique perfected by [[Gödel]] to provide a dogma, ideology, and guru that offers [[certainty]] through [[Science\|method]] rather than [[faith]] in [[authority]].
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	== No Dogma, No Gurus. What Next? ==		== No Dogma, No Gurus. What Next? ==

	Of course, beyond this base assumption of ''no dogma'' is all of the knowledge and evidence that [[science]] and [[religions]] have gathered over the course of human [[history]] that must be taken into account when developing a [[belief system]], documenting [[best practices]], and making [[life choices]]. [[metaculture]] creates a malleable, [[self-correcting]] dogma that makes recommendations based on the best of our current knowledge, and stays up-to-date when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVmpJaMffM new shit has come to light].		Of course, beyond this base assumption of ''no dogma'' is all of the knowledge and [[evidence]] that [[science]] and [[religions]] have gathered over the course of human [[history]] that must be taken into account when developing a [[belief system]], documenting [[best practices]], and making [[life choices]]. [[metaculture]] creates a malleable, [[self-correcting]] dogma that makes recommendations based on the best of our current knowledge, and stays up-to-date when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVmpJaMffM new shit has come to light].

	== Fight Ideology With Better Ideology ==		== Fight Ideology With Better Ideology ==

	Proponents of [[fundamentalism]] and the [[Manosphere\|right-wing manosphere]] have very well thought out and slickly presented [[belief systems]] that they are actively pushing into the [[newsfeeds]] of the next generation. To act as if [[secular]] [[progressives]] don't also share a belief system by refusing to define it is to disarm yourself in the battle for our [[minds]].		Proponents of [[fundamentalism]] and the [[Manosphere\|right-wing manosphere]] have very well thought out and slickly presented [[belief systems]] that they are actively pushing into the [[newsfeeds]] of the next generation. To act as if [[secular]] [[progressives]] don't also share a [[belief]] system by refusing to define it is to disarm yourself in the battle for our [[minds]].

	== Kevin Smith Made a Movie About It ==		== Kevin Smith Made a Movie About It ==