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ok, what are examples of the GOOD memetic viruses? 1/ Sarno's chronic pain cure (h/t @richardludlow @patrickc) reply and i'll add yours to the thread! https://t.co/Zar5tWP5z2
@ChrisChipMonk @richardludlow @patrickc Related: the biopsychosocial model of pain, deeply internalizing the ramifications of the Stress Recovery Adaptation cycle for healing injuries and improving function, many of the metrics people chase for health are just proxies for fitness.
@richardludlow @patrickc oh yes perfect (for anyone who doesn't understand this - see recent posts by @zhukeepa) https://t.co/iyiSzdiu4Y
@richardludlow @patrickc 2/ CHRISTIANITY! (yes, it has many good vibes - hopefully we can get @zhukeepa to chime in later in this thread) https://t.co/CPlq5gFoe8
@richardludlow @patrickc @zhukeepa 3/ “all feelings are good” some people can make others feel that ALL feelings are good. many people avoid ‘bad’ feelings, so this good virus allows them to integrate their feelings quicker and grow quicker. (this is important for effective coaching)
5/ dancing guy good vibes h/t @NickADobos https://t.co/PcijXAhJic
6/ h/t @strangestloop https://t.co/I0wmNiViHL
hmm, i got confused about how to define a good memetic virus. it should definitely be stricter than “helpful info”. and it should, at the very least, be quite viral. (lots of “helpful info” is not at all viral.) what else?
like, this is cool (re chronic/back pain) have heard other stories of people reading the amazon reviews of the book and having their chronic pain cured lol https://t.co/e0Nr7fFr1T
@recurrented @ChrisChipMonk @richardludlow @patrickc evidence of it being memetic is that i didn't even read the book but just being exposed to the idea that "the back pain is probably in your head/because of the things in ur head" has 85-90% healed my back pain.
@ChrisChipMonk @richardludlow @patrickc https://t.co/ia2CkbG0k6
@strangestloop @richardludlow @patrickc i like it! but i'm not sure it's memetic? https://t.co/0mByK62Ign
@ChrisChipMonk @richardludlow @patrickc The philosophy of S.A.N (@MycelialOracle) “You are not separate from nature, but a part of it” Created for @TEDTalks as fiction, comes to life on X, raises $70k for rainforest conservation w/ $forest, joins board of advisors for @RainforestUS; does live podcast with @RaoulGMI https://t.co/1MeTR65Seu
@ChrisChipMonk @richardludlow @patrickc I expect that we absorb a surprising amount of habits from the people around us, which we can think of the “human kit” — we literally wouldn’t be human without this download (boy raised by wolves etc). Innovations in the human kit can spread fairly rapidly and reach fixation
Legend has it that a famous philosopher literally invented silent reading. I.e. everybody was reading out loud; he figured out you could do it without making sound. Comments: (1) somatic patterns can be viral (2) what similar decoupling hasn't been invented yet but could be? https://t.co/SjDw3yFiKP
@ChrisChipMonk @richardludlow @patrickc The Spread of Improvement @antonhowes https://t.co/0zZO0L5Swz
@ChrisChipMonk @richardludlow @patrickc "u can just do things" but not the quote on its own exactly, but humans are experiential learners, it just takes seeing a person you know Do A Thing for it to suddenly seem possible and real, not just theoretical
@ChrisChipMonk @richardludlow @patrickc for example my friend was telling me how his entire friend group started applying for internships in uni after one guy scored an internship at apple, something they assumed was just out of reach bc not target school all had FAANG internships in a couple months