Hyperstition
Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30
CORE DEFINITION
“A fiction that makes itself real.” Unlike superstition, hyperstition is an idea that spreads as a “cultural virus,” influencing people's beliefs and actions, ultimately manufacturing in reality the future it describes. -
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The self-fulfillment of the future. - “Moore's Law” was originally just a prediction, but because the entire industry believed it, they developed at that pace, and it indeed became a law. The AI “singularity” is also a hyperstition. The top-tier narrators do not describe the future; they “summon” it by implanting beliefs.
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“Hyperstition” may refer to a cross-platform, multi-channel trust/signal transmission mechanism that transcends a single medium, or a term for a “hyper-information” state in certain theories. The precise meaning and originator of this fixed Chinese term are yet to be verified.
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- en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperstitionverified
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