I have some difficulty understanding the descriptions by former Leverage members. Inferential distance, but even if you tell me what the words refer to, I am not sure I am painting my near-mode picture correctly. Like, when you say “bodywork”, now I imagine something like one person giving the other person a massage, where both participants believe that this action not only relaxes the body, but also helps to remove some harmful memes from the mind. -- Is this a strawman? Or is it a reasonable first approximation (which of course misses some important nuance)?
For me, getting these things right feels like I have an insight into how the organization actually works, on social level. Approximate descriptions are okay. If massaging someone’s left shoulder helps them overcome political mindkilling, and massaging someone’s right shoulder protects them from Roko’s Basilisk, don’t tell me! You have the NDA, and I don’t actually care about this level of detail. Keep your secret tech! I just want to understand the dynamic, like if someone talks to a stranger and later feels like the person may have cast some curse on them, the reasonable response is to schedule a massage.
From all descriptions I have read so far, yours felt the most helpful in this direction. Thank you!
My impression is that Leverage’s bodywork is something closer to what other people call “energy work,” which probably puts it… closer to Reiki than massage?
But I never had it done to me, and I don’t super understand it myself! Pretty low confidence in even this answer.
I have some difficulty understanding the descriptions by former Leverage members. Inferential distance, but even if you tell me what the words refer to, I am not sure I am painting my near-mode picture correctly. Like, when you say “bodywork”, now I imagine something like one person giving the other person a massage, where both participants believe that this action not only relaxes the body, but also helps to remove some harmful memes from the mind. -- Is this a strawman? Or is it a reasonable first approximation (which of course misses some important nuance)?
For me, getting these things right feels like I have an insight into how the organization actually works, on social level. Approximate descriptions are okay. If massaging someone’s left shoulder helps them overcome political mindkilling, and massaging someone’s right shoulder protects them from Roko’s Basilisk, don’t tell me! You have the NDA, and I don’t actually care about this level of detail. Keep your secret tech! I just want to understand the dynamic, like if someone talks to a stranger and later feels like the person may have cast some curse on them, the reasonable response is to schedule a massage.
From all descriptions I have read so far, yours felt the most helpful in this direction. Thank you!
My impression is that Leverage’s bodywork is something closer to what other people call “energy work,” which probably puts it… closer to Reiki than massage?
But I never had it done to me, and I don’t super understand it myself! Pretty low confidence in even this answer.