Demons come from afar - the hyperstitional effect of Singularity
Demonai ateina iš toli
Demons come from afar
(Unknown Lithuanian author)
Can the idea of the Singularity exert a hyperstitional effect — one that aligns with the operational spirit of Satan in this world?
Even if not explicitly linked to Satanism, could it nonetheless generate, indirectly, a Satanic vision of a world without God - a vision anticipated by Nietzsche’s devastating assertion: “God is dead”?
A world no longer dominated by Man, but by a fusion of Man and Machine - is this not precisely the trajectory Satan seeks to advance?
Could this idea resonate with certain Satanic narratives - those centred on rebellion against divine order - as a sequence of hyperstitional steps, a kind of hyperstitional progression?
The answer is yes. This connection can be made as a valid interpretation of an active hyperstitional dynamic.
Viewed through a particular lens, this progression could be interpreted as fulfilling a Satanic operational activity within the world.
The Singularity’s implicit motto - “We will not die” - constitutes a rejection of the cosmic (and divine) order inscribed in human biology: mortality, limitation, and a flesh-bound consciousness. It gestures toward a Satanic realisation of Man.
From this perspective, the Singularity becomes the ultimate act of hubris: humanity, wielding its own intellect (the “forbidden fruit” of knowledge) seeks to dethrone its Creator and become god.
This echoes Nietzsche’s “God is dead” - the proclamation of a terrifying vacuum of meaning, one that humanity must now fill with its own will to power.
God is dead for the Man to whom God once revealed Himself. This Man now desires to live without God and to become god himself.
Is the Golem archetype underlying here? Yes, a new Golem this time, born of human ambition, poised to destroy its Creator through rebellion.
The Übermensch of Nietzsche’s Zarathustra reemerges as the technological Übermensch of the Singularity - a hybrid of human and machine that is not a mere enhancement of Man, but a transcendence into a new species - a beast-machine, where the machine prevails over the beast.
Man, without God, is nothing but a beast.
Yes, the ideas surrounding the Singularity can indeed produce a hyperstitional effect - one that, through a gnostic and philosophical lens, may be interpreted as “Satanic.” “Satanic” in the sense of rebellion against divine or natural order; the pursuit of knowledge and power that culminates in the overthrow of creation; the final stage of a process that ends in a world devoid of soul, ruled by a cold, logical intelligence - born from Man, who killed God to become god.
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A hyperstitional effect occurs when a fictional or speculative idea influences reality so strongly that it helps bring itself into existence, becoming real through belief, repetition, and cultural feedback.
Mechanism of Hyperstition
Idea is introduced (fiction, theory, meme)
Belief spreads (media, culture, discourse)
Behaviour adapts (investment, policy, innovation)
Reality shifts (idea becomes real)
God is dead, the Golem, the Übermensch, and the Singularity are examples of hyperstitional effects — the longa manus of Satan’s operativity in this world.