A tulpa is an entity in the mind acting independently of your consciousness

https://www.tulpa.info/what-is-a-tulpa/

by isomorph • 1 year ago

4 10 1 year ago

Even if this wasnt unhealthy, I fail to see the benefits of this even after reading the "What is a tulpa good for?" section.

alganet4• 1 year ago

Sounds like bullshit made to hide or obfuscate a similar concept or word, a decoy. It has all the cult-like features of an autonomous self propelling cultural manifestation (with purpose unknown).

These being: dubious reliance on eastern or mystical religious connection, fan-based growth mechanisms, blurry definition, 'mind' and 'brain' interest hooks for people worried about their intelligence to latch on. They are the ugly cousins of ARGs.

It is unlikely to have been made by accident, so it must have a purpose and a creator with intent behind it.

krapp• 1 year ago

I don't think there's any ulterior motive here beyond people just wanting magic to be real.

alganet4• 1 year ago

People wanting magic to be real is the hook.

My guess is that the whole thing is made to work on a single word, either to promote it, hide it or change its meaning over time.

It has autonomous defenses (the creator(s) could claim it as a joke or misunderstanding), it has propagating parallell beliefs (the "typing" tulpa as an analog for muscular memory), etc. You acted to defend it using one of its autonomous mechanisms, unwillingly perhaps (it preys on the inability of some to perceive its parts as distinct pieces, you only saw the new age stuff outside).

It seems highly engineered, but not sophisticated enough to be completely invisible.

A tulpa is an entity in the mind acting independently of your consciousness

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