secrecy by means of non-disclosure is essentially an obsolete phenomenon, so this is the only kind of knowledge worth calling "occult knowledge" at this point:https://twitter.com/literalbanana/status/1193302182478483456 …
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there is knowledge that consists of patterns that language and culture are not well set up to encapsulate, whose proper operating level of abstraction isn't something which is commonly understood to exist, and so on, that can be pointed at with language but not specified in it
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esoteric traditions typically speak in some way of this knowledge being "transmitted", the idea being that if you can't get it across by saying it, you can in some way move it around by other media. possibly i may be permitted doubt as to how much of this is actually occurring
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in software engineering, a stellar example of occult knowledge is the Single Responsibility Principle. getting it is a task of induction from example. that's hard, though, so instead people move around simple verbal statements about it that are wronghttps://hackernoon.com/you-dont-understand-the-single-responsibility-principle-abfdd005b137 …
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the SRP is directly and effectively occulted *by* the easy-to-understand presentations which are made of it. and we see with the millions of Java architecture astronauts it has spawned that this kind of thing can be massively destructive. be careful with the occult, kids
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Software doesn't have parts, except in the mind of some human. It's one of the consequences of mereological nihilism. Much easier to find awkward overlaps in our arbitrary categories rather than getting them to play nice together.
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This reminds me of another occult principle. Total responsibility. Even if some problem is the responsibility of someone else, it's very likely that fixing it is your own responsibility simply because if you don't, nobody will.
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I don't know what this is but it feels related: I'm reading an astrology book and it suddenly occurs to me being able to read the stars i.e. superknowledge should mean it is more likely to achieve your objectives not less. "I can't do it! Saturn something something!" Like hmm.
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pondering this, it seemed to me the core goal of astrology is force multiplication via finding the best time to take specific actions toward your goals then i realized it's one of the most powerful forms of divination because scheduling leads you to take those actions *at all*
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can't procrastinate when you gotta do it now or you're gonna lose that sweet fuckin' Uranus-Venus trine
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"Astrology is powerful": Broke: Astrology lets me do what I want. Woke: Astrology tells me I better do this at that time or I won't have a chance at getting anything I want.
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