Definitions by Hym Iam
Ought
Hym "How do you derive an 'ought' from an 'is?' Well... You lie of course. Just make something up."
Iam "Hey, look at that! The thing in the sky is turning red! What do you think it means?" 🤔
Hym 💡 "Well, obviously it means that the create is mad. You ought give that old kiddo of yours a stabbin over there on that rock."
Iam 🤨 "But... Why does it want me to do that?... and why did it tell you instead of me?"
Hym "Look... You need this. You need to do this. If you don't everything falls apart. It isn't control. It's benevolence. It's mercy. You need to do what the creature wants."
Iam 🤨 "Yeah... But how do you know what it wants? Do you know what it THINKS? And, if not, then how do you know what you're telling me to do is correct?"
Hym "Look, it told someone what it thought and they wrote it down. 2000 years ago."
Iam "But... How would I know the difference between what it wanted then and what it wants now? It's a memory. It happened before I was born so I literally wouldn't know the difference between what it wants now and what it wanted then. Do it's wants never change?"
Hym "Hey guys!! He's not doing what the creature wants! Look at him! Look at him! He's not doing what it wants!"
Guys "What an idiot! You have to do what the creature wants."
Hym "Yeah, he said the creature is bad."
Guys "BAD!? The creature isn't bad! What a piece of shit! Hey, fuck you buddy! The creature's not bad! YOU'RE the bad one!"
Iam "Hey, look at that! The thing in the sky is turning red! What do you think it means?" 🤔
Hym 💡 "Well, obviously it means that the create is mad. You ought give that old kiddo of yours a stabbin over there on that rock."
Iam 🤨 "But... Why does it want me to do that?... and why did it tell you instead of me?"
Hym "Look... You need this. You need to do this. If you don't everything falls apart. It isn't control. It's benevolence. It's mercy. You need to do what the creature wants."
Iam 🤨 "Yeah... But how do you know what it wants? Do you know what it THINKS? And, if not, then how do you know what you're telling me to do is correct?"
Hym "Look, it told someone what it thought and they wrote it down. 2000 years ago."
Iam "But... How would I know the difference between what it wanted then and what it wants now? It's a memory. It happened before I was born so I literally wouldn't know the difference between what it wants now and what it wanted then. Do it's wants never change?"
Hym "Hey guys!! He's not doing what the creature wants! Look at him! Look at him! He's not doing what it wants!"
Guys "What an idiot! You have to do what the creature wants."
Hym "Yeah, he said the creature is bad."
Guys "BAD!? The creature isn't bad! What a piece of shit! Hey, fuck you buddy! The creature's not bad! YOU'RE the bad one!"
Reality
Hym "If religion is a system of observable behavioral patterns and laws.... And it was created by a conscious and sentient entity that is capable of articulated thought... And reality is a system of observable behavioral patterns and laws... That would suggest that reality was also created by a conscious and sentient entity that is capable of articulated thought... And humans can't create reality... But reality exists.... And the very concept of 'causality' requires it's existence to have a cause... Then that would mean...."
The Narrative
Hym "WRONG! Wrong idiot. You can't JUST control the narrative. You would need to control the narrative AND all propositional counter-narratives. And then you would need a unifying principle. Like some kind of mutual sadomasochistic ethic to tie the whole thing together. Like a binary religious system where one part believes that being the one who makes the rules isn't arbitrary and that they alone deserve it as a sort of birthright and the other would have to believe that suffering is sacrosanct and that endless toil performed unthinkingly is virtuous and that trying to get away with not working hard is sinful. That's how you control the world. Then you can just say words that don't mean anything all day while doing whatever you want in private because you're a god and the law of non-contradiction is something you can exempt yourself from. No one will be able to question you (without paying you) because the system will be predicated on ETHOS. Which means you can always reserve the right to arbitrarily discredit anyone you want and then no one will have have to listen to their LOGOS.... Parish the thought... Good thing that will never happen...."
The Narrative by Hym Iam July 24, 2022
Language
Hym "You know, in reference to the thing you're doing, a guy once said to me 'You can't just swap words around and have it mean something.' and my response to that is 'That violate the basic premise of what constitutes a language.' and what I mean is that if I can't do what I am doing right now; then the words don't mean anything and it's all just stars of David and hats. We're just monkeys barking at each other and someone of us are the good ones and others are bad."