[ExI] The void left by deleting religion

[Torstein Haldorsen]

Jef,
I am currently a student of computer science and as such i have fairly
limited real world work experience.
Still, any one persons skillset is generally not sufficient to successfully
pull of an entirely category-defying project such as this.
Although I have had a number of advisors who have provided valuable feedback
in different areas, I have not been successful in recruiting people who have
been able to make independent contributions to this project, pushing it
forward so to speak.

A quick search will reveal the extent to which I have promoted it so far,
which is really very little.

Now, while I believe this idea is quite profound, and find it intellectually
pleasing to have a "religion" of my own design, this could easily be
entirely normal delusions of grandeur. I don't know, but i really love this
project, I believe in the potential of the idea, and i would love to be able
to work on it full time, somehow, some time in the future.

Successful marketing and also sales - if you wanna call it that, is
absolutely essential for any project to succeed, but one needs to have a
marketable "package" first. And also, I would like such a solution to have
qualities that are immediately recognizable as superior to what's already
out there. Just to get there a lot of hard, consistent theoretical
groundwork is needed.

If anyone would like to chip in on the theoretical / planning side here, I
would be very much appreciate it.

As i said, if anyone can play the devils advocate and successfully convince
me why it _wont work_ or why I shouldn't go through with it I would be
grateful also, as I could stop spending a such ridiculous amount of time on
a maniac project that is exceedingly likely to fail at any rate.

Actually, all further input is appreciated...


-TT



On 5/4/07, Jef Allbright <jef at jefallbright.net> wrote:
>
> On 5/4/07, Torstein Haldorsen <torsteinhaldorsen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This may preserve and cultivate the positive aspects we find in existing
> > religions, for instance the deep sense of meaning, a deep
> > sense of belonging, and the communal aspects of religion,
> > while at the same time concentrating our factual knowledge of the world,
> and
> > trying to approximate the truths of life to the best level of accuracy
> > possible. I suggest that we try to create an ever-improving open source
> > alternative to the existing worldviews and put it on the "religious
> > marketplace".
>
> This is all good, but how would you expect it to compete successfully
> in today's world, in a market of evolved organisms susceptible to more
> traditional promises that have shown their great appeal to deep
> motivational instincts?
>
> As an engineer, I like the design of your product, but have you ever
> worked in Sales and Marketing?
>
> - Jef
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