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@defenderofbasic.bsky.social
· May 4
Here is my "memetics 101" article. This summarizes my understanding of this field, why it's important, and who is actively doing work that I am paying attention to
open.substack.com/pub/defender...
open.substack.com/pub/defender...
someone around here said something like "I no longer feel dismay when arguing on the internet because I model the other people as a force of nature, like a storm. No use getting mad at the weather!" and I liked that a lot
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
someone around here said something like "I no longer feel dismay when arguing on the internet because I model the other people as a force of nature, like a storm. No use getting mad at the weather!" and I liked that a lot
You wake up one day & realize you are a source of evil. This is good news!
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
You wake up one day & realize you are a source of evil. This is good news!
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They don't yet.
Even across related literatures (holding language constant), there isn't much motivation to check for novelty systematically.
I attempted to do this a bit in my latest paper, though.
For now, we could just preprint and post requests to check our novelty on social media sites.
Even across related literatures (holding language constant), there isn't much motivation to check for novelty systematically.
I attempted to do this a bit in my latest paper, though.
For now, we could just preprint and post requests to check our novelty on social media sites.
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
They don't yet.
Even across related literatures (holding language constant), there isn't much motivation to check for novelty systematically.
I attempted to do this a bit in my latest paper, though.
For now, we could just preprint and post requests to check our novelty on social media sites.
Even across related literatures (holding language constant), there isn't much motivation to check for novelty systematically.
I attempted to do this a bit in my latest paper, though.
For now, we could just preprint and post requests to check our novelty on social media sites.
is this true? can anyone corroborate?
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
is this true? can anyone corroborate?
when a scientist discovers something new, how do they check that no one else has already discovered it and wrote it down with different language?
December 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
when a scientist discovers something new, how do they check that no one else has already discovered it and wrote it down with different language?
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December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
i wanted to give a word to this concept, something like "certified open marketing" or "certified psyop". It is "certified" NOT by a third party, but by the fact that there is a prediction of what it will do before it launches
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
i wanted to give a word to this concept, something like "certified open marketing" or "certified psyop". It is "certified" NOT by a third party, but by the fact that there is a prediction of what it will do before it launches
does this concept make sense to you guys? @cwonus.org @daytura.bsky.social @shibbi.bsky.social
we actually had a case like this, and I want to do more now:
defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/my-first-o...
we actually had a case like this, and I want to do more now:
defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/my-first-o...
My first open source psyop - postmortem
Etymologynerd (Adam Aleksic) is a youtuber / science communicator who makes videos about linguistics, cultural trends, and propaganda.
defenderofthebasic.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
does this concept make sense to you guys? @cwonus.org @daytura.bsky.social @shibbi.bsky.social
we actually had a case like this, and I want to do more now:
defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/my-first-o...
we actually had a case like this, and I want to do more now:
defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/my-first-o...
"can we predict, in principle, the “emotional resonance vector” of a new idea before it spreads"
yes, absolutely! All you have to do is preregister with the open memetics institute. If your thing goes viral in the way you predict, then that's proof
yes, absolutely! All you have to do is preregister with the open memetics institute. If your thing goes viral in the way you predict, then that's proof
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"can we predict, in principle, the “emotional resonance vector” of a new idea before it spreads"
yes, absolutely! All you have to do is preregister with the open memetics institute. If your thing goes viral in the way you predict, then that's proof
yes, absolutely! All you have to do is preregister with the open memetics institute. If your thing goes viral in the way you predict, then that's proof
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Current status: visualising "water level cuts" of HDBSCAN clustering on pol.is data from protest, thinking on filter bubble propagation, #queer / outsider identities & hierarchical navigable small world networks.. #complexity #democracy
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November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Current status: visualising "water level cuts" of HDBSCAN clustering on pol.is data from protest, thinking on filter bubble propagation, #queer / outsider identities & hierarchical navigable small world networks.. #complexity #democracy
main--68c53b7909ee2fb48f1979dd.chromatic.com?path=/story/...
main--68c53b7909ee2fb48f1979dd.chromatic.com?path=/story/...
the concepts page so far has been writing down the "stuff we all already know" but in doing so we're revealing what that is, and what fundamental things we maybe don't agree on. I'm intentionally going slow / only adding one at a time because I want as many voices to contribute!
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
the concepts page so far has been writing down the "stuff we all already know" but in doing so we're revealing what that is, and what fundamental things we maybe don't agree on. I'm intentionally going slow / only adding one at a time because I want as many voices to contribute!
I really do think the MAIN bottleneck right now is coordination/creating a shared language. There are a lot of people that have testable theories, some that I think are already breakthroughs, but everyone's using their own homegrown language, so it's not clear they're talking about same things
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I really do think the MAIN bottleneck right now is coordination/creating a shared language. There are a lot of people that have testable theories, some that I think are already breakthroughs, but everyone's using their own homegrown language, so it's not clear they're talking about same things
if you're comfortable with github you can see the discussion on the first PR we merged here, as we were debating the purpose of this document / what we're driving towards
github.com/DefenderOfBa...
github.com/DefenderOfBa...
Add epistemic noise & "memetic attraction" by DefenderOfBasic · Pull Request #20 · DefenderOfBasic/open-memetics-institute
Nov 3 update
https://github.com/DefenderOfBasic/open-memetics-institute/blob/add-glossary-term/Concepts.md
We've renamed "Glossary" -> "Concepts" (see Rename glossary to...
github.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
if you're comfortable with github you can see the discussion on the first PR we merged here, as we were debating the purpose of this document / what we're driving towards
github.com/DefenderOfBa...
github.com/DefenderOfBa...
you guys might be interested in the communal "glossary" we just start building last week, starting from the ground up, kind of towards laying down the axioms cc @daytura.bsky.social
github.com/DefenderOfBa...
github.com/DefenderOfBa...
github.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
you guys might be interested in the communal "glossary" we just start building last week, starting from the ground up, kind of towards laying down the axioms cc @daytura.bsky.social
github.com/DefenderOfBa...
github.com/DefenderOfBa...
yeah this is solvable if you take reflexivity as a fundamental part of your axioms, not something you try to eliminate. From michael smith's "subjective science" (morphenius.substack.com/p/subjective...)
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
yeah this is solvable if you take reflexivity as a fundamental part of your axioms, not something you try to eliminate. From michael smith's "subjective science" (morphenius.substack.com/p/subjective...)
(experimenting with memes to unite left/right)
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
(experimenting with memes to unite left/right)
screenshot to get around word text limit (also - if there's a beta testing thing for Semble or a discord or w/e I'd love to test it out! I've been getting all my ORI people to write on github to get used to the workflow of micropublishing & reviewing each other)
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
screenshot to get around word text limit (also - if there's a beta testing thing for Semble or a discord or w/e I'd love to test it out! I've been getting all my ORI people to write on github to get used to the workflow of micropublishing & reviewing each other)
wait is there a workflow for cross posting from twitter -> bluesky or vice versa?? does anyone have a doc / tutorial for this, I want to try it
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
wait is there a workflow for cross posting from twitter -> bluesky or vice versa?? does anyone have a doc / tutorial for this, I want to try it
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Cool idea for high signal curation
(sharing screenshots until @defenderofbasic.bsky.social sets up crossposting ;) )
Looking forward to enabling this with semble.so !
(sharing screenshots until @defenderofbasic.bsky.social sets up crossposting ;) )
Looking forward to enabling this with semble.so !
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Cool idea for high signal curation
(sharing screenshots until @defenderofbasic.bsky.social sets up crossposting ;) )
Looking forward to enabling this with semble.so !
(sharing screenshots until @defenderofbasic.bsky.social sets up crossposting ;) )
Looking forward to enabling this with semble.so !
best attempt I've had so far to think through this is in: defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/the-human-...
The Human Memome Project
Half science, half performance art
defenderofthebasic.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
best attempt I've had so far to think through this is in: defenderofthebasic.substack.com/p/the-human-...
yeah there's predicting, and then being in the right place at the right time to profit from that, and then there's actively shaping / shifting the tide towards more favorable conditions to you/your desired future
October 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
yeah there's predicting, and then being in the right place at the right time to profit from that, and then there's actively shaping / shifting the tide towards more favorable conditions to you/your desired future
no i haven't been actively monitoring him! What's the highlight(s) ?
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
no i haven't been actively monitoring him! What's the highlight(s) ?