What’s needed now is a global Conference of Ontological Illumination—a gathering to confront the reality that for generations, fringe cosmologies, broken mythologies, and the incomplete boundaries of science have bled together. These intersections aren’t just curiosities—they’re battlegrounds. And in the absence of clarity, bad actors move in.
Those lacking ethics but fluent in these ideas have long used them as tools for manipulation—building cults, leading movements, seeding ideological systems that exploit confusion for power. The worst of them turn pseudoscience into theology, and theology into justification for domination.
Meanwhile, most people keep their heads down—too overwhelmed or underinformed to engage. But we can’t afford that anymore. The ontological terrain is collapsing into the political one. If we don’t make sense of the weird, someone else will weaponize it.
We don’t need more gatekeeping. We need coherence. Illumination. And the courage to look directly at the edge of the map.
Agreed. The internet has allowed grifters and malign actors to hijack topics. I've seen this happen in discussions about "aliens." When the "mainstream" won't touch topics, the vacuum is filled by these people. I like being a sci-fi writer looking at non-fiction topics because it gives me cover to talk about them in a grounded matter.
The hard part isn’t describing it, of course. It’s living it without reducing it. Holding space for coherence without collapse. And making sure it doesn’t get captured by the same forces it’s meant to illuminate.
I didn't know all this things...
Yep, some of these beliefs are odd... and influenced some horrible things.
I always wondered why on earth an entire nation was capable of those things, now I get it, the mentality was there already 💮.
Sadly true. The Nazis just didn't pop out of the ground. The soil was already rich with craziness
Yes, that make me rethink some inner thoughts 🌿.
What’s needed now is a global Conference of Ontological Illumination—a gathering to confront the reality that for generations, fringe cosmologies, broken mythologies, and the incomplete boundaries of science have bled together. These intersections aren’t just curiosities—they’re battlegrounds. And in the absence of clarity, bad actors move in.
Those lacking ethics but fluent in these ideas have long used them as tools for manipulation—building cults, leading movements, seeding ideological systems that exploit confusion for power. The worst of them turn pseudoscience into theology, and theology into justification for domination.
Meanwhile, most people keep their heads down—too overwhelmed or underinformed to engage. But we can’t afford that anymore. The ontological terrain is collapsing into the political one. If we don’t make sense of the weird, someone else will weaponize it.
We don’t need more gatekeeping. We need coherence. Illumination. And the courage to look directly at the edge of the map.
Agreed. The internet has allowed grifters and malign actors to hijack topics. I've seen this happen in discussions about "aliens." When the "mainstream" won't touch topics, the vacuum is filled by these people. I like being a sci-fi writer looking at non-fiction topics because it gives me cover to talk about them in a grounded matter.
Ok here’s that: https://sonderuncertainly.substack.com/p/a-conference-of-ontological-illumination
The hard part isn’t describing it, of course. It’s living it without reducing it. Holding space for coherence without collapse. And making sure it doesn’t get captured by the same forces it’s meant to illuminate.