Plain-English definitions
Glossary
The terms Deities & Developers uses, each in one plain sentence and grouped the way the book groups them.
Core frameworks8 terms
- The Developed Existence Hypothesis (DEH)Link to The Developed Existence Hypothesis (DEH)
- Life was not created perfectly in one shot; it runs like live software that adapts, updates, and carries history. More about DEH
- Techno-DeismLink to Techno-Deism
- Treat the “creator” like engineers who built and deployed biological code under physics, not a god who demands worship. More about Techno-Deism
- Third LaneLink to Third Lane
- Origins are not only “miracle God” or “pure accident”; inspectable deployment/seeding stays on the table. More about the Third Lane
- No New ChurchLink to No New Church
- Revere process and keep asking questions: do not kneel to parent races, packet types, or this book’s vocabulary. More about No New Church
- Recursive Developer ChainLink to Recursive Developer Chain
- Life-systems keep producing new maintainers who can edit inherited code, not just original authors once at the start. More about the Recursive Developer Chain
- Local telemetry (science)Link to Local telemetry (science)
- Careful measurement of our environment’s rules: not a complete map of everything that exists. More about Local Telemetry + Open Horizon
- Open horizonLink to Open horizon
- What we have not mapped yet is not automatically fake; it may be out-of-scope architecture. More about Local Telemetry + Open Horizon
- ScientismLink to Scientism
- Treating “not yet measured” as “impossible”: a sealed belief dressed as rationality.
Hardware & body8 terms
- Terminal / wetwareLink to Terminal / wetware
- Your body as the physical device consciousness runs on.
- Receiver chassisLink to Receiver chassis
- The brain/body setup that hears, filters, and mishears signal.
- Noise floorLink to Noise floor
- Background body/mind static (stress, hunger, ego) that drowns clear signal.
- Config variantLink to Config variant
- Different shipped settings (e.g. neurodivergent attention) on the same species stack: not curse, not halo.
- Human-in-the-loopLink to Human-in-the-loop
- When automatic body control fails and you have to manage it consciously (e.g. Type 1 diabetes).
- IDS (intrusion detection)Link to IDS (intrusion detection)
- A security scanner deciding “self” vs “invader” (immune-system analogy).
- Residual fieldLink to Residual field
- Energy or state that may linger after shutdown: a careful frame for some ghost reports.
- Duty cycleLink to Duty cycle
- How long you can run hard before recovery is mandatory.
Code & biology11 terms
- DNA as syntaxLink to DNA as syntax
- Genetic instructions behave like readable code, not mystical dust.
- Control flowLink to Control flow
- Rules that decide when and where biological instructions actually run.
- EpigeneticsLink to Epigenetics
- Environment and experience can change how genes run without rewriting the base text.
- Layers A–D (inheritance)Link to Layers A–D (inheritance)
- DNA sequence vs early-life embedding vs culture vs contested germline epigenetic passage: do not collapse them.
- Technical debtLink to Technical debt
- Old design compromises that still work enough to stay in the system.
- Directed panspermiaLink to Directed panspermia
- Hypothesis that life was deliberately seeded here rather than only starting from local chemistry.
- AbiogenesisLink to Abiogenesis
- Life starting on Earth from chemistry with no seeder.
- Natural panspermiaLink to Natural panspermia
- Life hitchhiking here (e.g. rocks/comets) without a deliberate deploy team.
- Parent raceLink to Parent race
- Prior intelligent engineers who may have compiled or deployed biological systems.
- Position A / Position BLink to Position A / Position B
- First architects of the chain vs later inheritors with partial write access.
- CRISPR / junior write accessLink to CRISPR / junior write access
- Modern tools that let us edit life code a little: not godhood.
Network & downloads12 terms
- BandwidthLink to Bandwidth
- How much information your consciousness can receive clearly at once.
- Dial-up consciousnessLink to Dial-up consciousness
- Everyday filtered, noisy awareness: good for Tuesday, bad for rare signal.
- DownloadLink to Download
- A high-rate structured insight or payload that feels received, not slowly built.
- Hypnagogic / N1Link to Hypnagogic / N1
- The half-asleep twilight where creative insight often spikes.
- SNR (signal-to-noise)Link to SNR (signal-to-noise)
- How much useful structure survives versus static.
- PacketLink to Packet
- A chunk of inbound or outbound information (insight, request, rumor).
- Outbound packet / prayerLink to Outbound packet / prayer
- A request sent “upstream” with no guaranteed delivery receipt.
- Method lane vs Event laneLink to Method lane vs Event lane
- Practiced mental engineering vs rare forced reception: keep separate.
- Derivation gapLink to Derivation gap
- A result that arrives finished without a visible step-by-step path.
- Ambient data fieldLink to Ambient data field
- A colder name for a wider information layer: not automatically a named god.
- Sorting protocolLink to Sorting protocol
- Stabilize the body, then reduce noise, then discriminate signal, then interpret last.
- Local weatherLink to Local weather
- Body/mood noise that feels cosmic but never left the chassis.
Interfaces (Tarot & kin)9 terms
- GUI (analog)Link to GUI (analog)
- A symbol dashboard that helps a noisy mind read pattern.
- GUI ≠ serverLink to GUI ≠ server
- The tool is not the source of reality.
- Lane A (Tarot)Link to Lane A (Tarot)
- Cards as a psychological mirror and thinking aid.
- Lane B (Tarot)Link to Lane B (Tarot)
- Provisional idea that cards might sometimes couple to more than private psychology.
- Session protocolLink to Session protocol
- Ritual steps (shuffle, cut, spread) that lock attention and create a log.
- SamplerLink to Sampler
- Randomizing the draw so you escape the story you already preferred.
- Cold readingLink to Cold reading
- Fishing for your reactions and feeding them back as revelation.
- Refresh addictionLink to Refresh addiction
- Reshuffling until the cards agree with what you want.
- SynchronicityLink to Synchronicity
- Meaningful coincidence as a hypothesis: not automatic proof.
Mesh & community8 terms
- Hostile trafficLink to Hostile traffic
- Processes (human or otherwise) that coerce, addict, isolate, or harvest agency.
- Maintenance trafficLink to Maintenance traffic
- Help/repair signals that restore agency and clarity.
- Feeling ≠ entity IDLink to Feeling ≠ entity ID
- A strong sensation is not proof of an angel, demon, or named being.
- Dependency farmLink to Dependency farm
- A group that profits when you feel less able to sort alone.
- Dignity cultureLink to Dignity culture
- A group that returns agency, admits misses, and teaches method.
- Community SNRLink to Community SNR
- How clear or noisy a group’s shared attention climate is.
- Stay Audit-CleanLink to Stay Audit-Clean
- Keep inspecting claims without founding a religion around the vocabulary.
Stack metaphors9 terms
- Legacy code / legacy OSLink to Legacy code / legacy OS
- Old religious ideas patched over time instead of rebuilt.
- Legacy patchesLink to Legacy patches
- Temporary story-fixes that protect authority after evidence breaks the model.
- MiddlewareLink to Middleware
- A middle layer that admits design while blocking deeper inspection.
- Splash screenLink to Splash screen
- Branding/holy packaging that hides the real claim.
- Unsigned payloadLink to Unsigned payload
- A claim you are asked to accept without checking.
- CIT / BF2 / E2E2Link to CIT / BF2 / E2E2
- Pre-production test stages before real-world deploy.
- Feature flagLink to Feature flag
- A switch that turns behavior on/off by environment or condition.
- ProductionLink to Production
- Real life under load: not the clean test lab.
- Waterfall vs AgileLink to Waterfall vs Agile
- One sealed perfect release vs iterative updates with an open backlog.
Definitions are from the author’s plain-English notes for Deities & Developers. The book explains each term in context.