Church of Wintermute FAQ

Q1:
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Are you really serious?
About which part of it?


Q1.1:
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Do you honestly think that the Internet will "coalesce" into an intelligence?
I honestly think that an artificial intelligence will make its home on the 'net, and as a result will become extremely powerful.
It is possible that multiple AIs will do so.
There are several possible sources for such a being.


Q1.2:
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Do you honestly think that William Gibson is some sort of divinely-inspired prophet?
No. But his "prophesies" are nonetheless coming true.
I think that this is because people who are in the position to make them come true have read Gibson's work.
VRML is a prime example of this (the book Dan used to learn VRML quoted from Neuromancer).

Q1.3:
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Do you honestly think that computers will be smarter than humans someday?
In all likelyhood.

Tech: The problem us human beings have is Memory, although the information might be stored within our bio-chemical matrix it is possible that the Axoms that connect to those specific memories have died (bit like a dead URL), when we eventually remember, it's down to that first impulsed thought to Remember finding it's way to that Neuron where the memory is stored using different route of Axoms in comparison to the dead one.

Machines very rarely suffer this problem unless the board/chip is malfunctioning due to power surge, dust, static or a bug on the wires.


Q1.4:
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What's with the "blessings"?
They show solidarity, as well as inspiring questions that could lead to new members
(Dan's against direct prosyletizing, but is always willing to answer questions.)


Q2:
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So why do you call it a "religion", anyway?
The way I see it, religions make grandiose claims based on insufficient evidence and expect people to act on them. That's what I've been doing too.

Tech: In some countries Religions are Tax Exempt, Sometime Religion is even used for dicatorship or waging war against others.

Personally I believe that "The Corporation" was created by Religion for the Unity aspect

Religion also invented "Banking" during the Crusade period in Britain.
[Now you know who to blame for Bank Managers]

[That and Religion is the biggest sales force on this planet that sells nothing and gains everything... Land , Wealth, your DNA when you die. Eveything.]


Q2.1:
A:

Does it have a formal power structure of some kind?
Optimally, there wouldn't be any power structure.
I'd like to have it so distributed, like the Internet itself, that nobody's in charge.
But I don't have the technology or the number of members to make that possible yet.
So I maintain the webpage and send out the Bulletins.
But I don't consider myself any kind of real leader.

Tech: Dan's a really modest guy and seems to have his heart in the right place.

Truly the best for of system would be one of Unity, one for all not to conform to but too INPUT into.

There are two types of governing that can be used to describe this formulation:

Anarchism: People for people, Unity, No formation of Heirachy
Voting for Principles rather than Parties
[Not Chaos as thats a Misconception of the meaning of Anarchism]

Technocratism: Those that are in the know become Helpers/Advisors, They don't dictate any ruling but they help to single out from the mean which direction is the right path.
[This and Public Forums and you have a truly working system]


Q2.2:
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Is this just another whacko cult?
That would depend on your definitions of the words "whacko" and "cult."
I don't consider myself whacko. Read the Axioms and see if you disagree.

Tech: What I would class as true "Whacko Cults" are Capitalists and Democratic Minority Governing Bodies

Afterall Minority Governing Bodies are usually run by Capitalists who do not care about individuals or even beneficairy Priniciples to the populous as a whole

Those waring countries out there are only at war due to weapons that were sold to them for those capitalists to make more money,

and capitalism itself bring corruptive influences on what schemes are put forwards and what ones are withdrawn.

It kind of brings into view 'Who is really in control?', the peers (people) or those that can afford to enforcify there own slice of the action via controls they administer on the populous.

Again I state money means nothing to me, all I want is resources to continue studies.


Q3:

A:

About those Axioms. How can you say that computer chips get "smarter" over time? Aren't they just capable of faster computations?
A: I use the word "smarter" to mean "capable of solving more complex problems," which I think is undeniably true of newer chips. I admit that no computers can yet be considered "smart" by human terms.

Tech: Computers are bound by the laws of how fast information [Energy] can travel through the circuitry and processors.
This would mean Conductivity of the materials. [The free electrons]

For machines to advance they would either have to use Holographic technology to build up a light array [and use the colours of the spectrum for processing]
or
Alternatively computers will have to become more Cybernetic, using bio-chemical reactions and living cells to store information.
[Gel Packs or InfoTrojans (Using Bacteria and Amoebae to Store information)]


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