suppordel
suppordel t1_je3do2a wrote
Reply to comment by khoabear in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
I also know things about the president of the US. Doesn't mean I am him. It's possible to know about groups you aren't part of. It's called "learning".
suppordel t1_je3d1c9 wrote
Reply to comment by khoabear in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
Do you think anyone with common sense is a member of the CCP?
suppordel t1_je3bc3f wrote
Reply to comment by khoabear in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
No we don't.
suppordel t1_j1pw7vu wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in I sometimes fear that AI will wipe out the active joys of mankind. by AdeptInspector7210
What are they? Honestly curious. 1 category I can think of is really important jobs that we don't trust an AI to do (yet) like politician and army general.
And I'm not sure how necessary computer scientists and software developers will be, maybe AI will write their own code?
suppordel t1_je3et3e wrote
Reply to comment by khoabear in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
Yes they exist but those are uncommon. Sure those people have their fans but there are nutjobs in every society. They are very much the loud minority.
I meant they aren't widely worshipped. If you go on the street of Beijing and yell "I love the CCP and Mao!" You're likely to get a lot of "um ok let me stay away from that person". You aren't likely to gather a group chanting with you.