The Horror of the Dimensional Merge Theory -- The Product of a Deranged Mind (And Why Minds Matter In Idea-Creation)
Updated: Aug 7
Article Synopsis by Mr. C. Kingsley and Co.
The article "The Horror of the Dimensional Merge Theory - The Product of a Deranged Mind (And Why Minds Matter In Idea-Creation)" explores the controversial topic of the mind's role in idea creation.
It begins with an engaging introduction, introducing Chris Chan and his perspective on the theory. The article provides a clear explanation of the concept, making it accessible to those unfamiliar with it. The discussion on the mind's role in idea creation is thought-provoking, highlighting how a thinker's mental state can influence their work.
The article also explores the potential real-world implications of the Dimensional Merge, providing a fascinating look at how fiction and reality could intersect. Balancing critiques is achieved, acknowledging the complexity of their situation without resorting to outright mockery.
Introduction
The Dimension Merge of C-197 and our 1218 is still in progress. There is more damn red tape to work through, but our goal is still set; it is only delayed. -- Chris Chan
The "Dimensional Merge" theory is a most obscure, insane, and widely unacceptable theory. I've firstly heard from a certain insane man, now transgender woman, called Chris Chan.
Given that a thinker's work stems from their mind, this means that their work cannot necessarily exist without a mind to allow such work to happen. In other words, a thinker's work necessarily depends on their mental state. Ultimately, it is impossible for a mind to be entirely free of concepts such as bias, trauma and even loneliness.
This is the concept of a deranged mind, which, outside ad-hominem and whataboutism, reflects a person's inner workings.
Part I: The Person Behind The Idea
It wasn’t his autism that caused him to think he was a woman... And it wasn’t his autism that drove him to think he’s literally Jesus Christ reborn.
It’s the fact that he’s so gullible and sheltered that people were able to put these thoughts into his head. -- "Notorious Raspberry"
Perhaps some of you already have some familiarity with this person, and perhaps some of you do not. Chris Chan is an American transgender woman with low-functioning autism who also appears to be suffering from a declining, or should I say, rising, mental illness. They were even in prison for a crime so shameful I'd best not mention it in this article.
If you are familiar with Chan (not to be confused with another person I mentioned on this site), then you might already know that almost no one takes them seriously. Their grip on reality is questionable, and so is their understanding of it. In internet slang, they are known as a lolcow, or a person who is "milked" for mockery.
With their declining sanity, Chan seems to have eventually lost the ability to not only tell truth from ulterior motives, but also reality from fiction. As a result, they are easily manipulated, as they were in the past by online trolls, and they see themselves as married to the characters they created in their mind and in their comics.
It's like they're living in a whole different world; a whole more, childish, and, at the same time, disturbing world. While many outsiders may be rejected as insane, Chan's lack of grip on reality is far more obvious. Again, I know this is technically an ad hominem fallacy, which says that concentrating on the person is irrelevant to the idea, however, Chan, as an idea-creator, relies on nothing but their own delusions and megalomania.
Perhaps, then, we should understand that addressing humans requires more than just logic. It requires understanding their flaws, and not just lambasting them entirely. It requires understanding the rationale, poor or good as it is, of individual humans.
The Rationality Behind Irrationality
It is known that our world is very complicated to comprehend, thus many search for the easiest way of navigating it - by seeing "black and white", meaning simplify reality into dichotomous "good" and "bad" concepts.
However, a person who is mature enough should know by now that reality isn’t that simple. -- Ms. Hali Bash March
Therefore, in the absence of reliable logic and credible sources, the idea of the person being intertwined with it, may be required to understand the idea's true rationale. The brains behind the work may matter, but only in relation to the work itself. And the less it depends on anything else, the more important the brain is for the sake of understanding such baseless things.
Perhaps this is why the ad-hominem fallacy came about in the first place; to allow certain voices, such as mine, to be heard. That is despite myself, and even philosophers such as Socrates, not being academic philosophers. I also believe in the degree fallacy, but I digress.
In other words, its possible to become a credible source yourself with or without degrees and/or trophies to your name. You just have to think and research well if you want to be taken more seriously.
Part II: Explaining Chan's Theory
Life is a cartoon; we are all the characters of the larger; the cartoons we make are part of our own universe; we're all a reality cartoon. -- Chris Chan
The "Dimensional Merge" is a multiverse-esque theory that recognizes all fiction as truth; that characters such as Bugs Bunny and so on actually live in their own, separate universes and are as real as we are. This follows the rationale of the article, "How Everything Could be True". However, it gives all concepts the same physical properties. In other words, it sees everything as equally objective, while ignoring completely the multi-layered nature of reality.
Furthermore, it says that eventually, these "dimensions" will begin to collide with one another, thus creating a bigger universe from the merged dimensions.
To regard any credibility to this theory we must assume credibility to the multiverse theory, by the way. If such a thing is to ever happen, then things and characters we once recognized as fiction "will be" as real and accessible as any other thing or being.
A Rubinshteinic Critique of the Dimensional Merge
I don't really feel like eating and drinking stuff from an alternate reality, OK? -- Heather Mason, Silent Hill 3
I believe that this universe wouldn't be able to stand so many universes, colliding into it. I'm saying this not from a scientific standpoint, but from the idea that so many characters, with different powers and abilities, far greater than ours, breach this "dimension" and become living beings.
Many, many of these fictional beings, such as Galactus from Marvel (wrote an article about him before), would terrorize whole planets and populations; If Sauron is unleashed on Earth, he'll be strong enough to become the next Hitler. If characters from the "Mortal Kombat" universe exist "for real", then they would be butchering us left and right.
Although the dimensional shift might never happen at all, and although fiction is pretty much an illusion that we consume as a product, this theory does teach us the horror of fiction. I'm not referring only to video games. Imagine if the gods from Greek mythology actually existed, then we'd be in a constant state of turmoil; if golems existed, from Jewish mythology, then someone capable enough could've created a constantly generated army of them and unleashed them upon the world. And so on and so forth.
Even pieces of fiction for children could be quite horrific if they existed in the real world and not in our imaginations. A plumber that is able to smash beings by jumping on them; a hedgehog that is essentially a living, spinning-saw, traveling at the speed of sound. Of course, in real life it would be very eerie, and the heroism of such characters could be subverted, just like in fiction...
Magic, essentially, could be a great source of horror if applied in certain ways, like pyromancy, or fire magic, or cyromancy, -- ice magic, all within one's hands without necessarily needing any tools beyond knowledge of the fictitious arcane.
Conclusions
The Dimensional Merge theory reminds us of the importance of critical thinking, a skill that allows us to distinguish "donkeys from jennets", so to speak (Or cartoons from what we describe as the "real world"). By examining the absurdity of this concept, we are forced to question the foundations of our own beliefs and the sources of the information we consume.
It is essential to cultivate a discerning mind that can differentiate between reality and fantasy, logic and delusion. After all, the power to shape our world lies not in the realm of fiction but in our ability to use fiction to better understand reality, and not the opposite.
The Dimensional Merge theory is a chilling example of how unchecked imagination can spiral into dangerous territory, capable of manipulating the masses, especially under the leadership of cult leaders, and the social engineering of cults.
While creativity is essential for human progress, it must be tempered with reason and reality. The blurring of lines between fiction and reality can have profound consequences for individuals and society as a whole, as knowing the truth allows us to act better according to the universe we are in. This is why philosophy is linked with problem solving. It is therefore imperative to maintain a healthy skepticism and to ground our ideas in evidence and logic -- the components of truth.
Side Commentary
Out of all the darker philosophical concepts I have written about, the Dimensional Merge's influence on the universe is a great understatement, if it ever had any likelihood whatsoever. Fiction is a label that, in a way, says to us: "You are safe, for you are in reality, and the things and beings in fiction can't physically hurt you".
This is why horror as a genre isn't as scary to certain people as it is to others; whatever source of horror is out there, on the screen, in a book, and so on, it can't hurt you physically, just like people on the internet who can't come to you physically and do so themselves.
Just be thankful that fiction is fiction and reality is reality, even if you let your child play violent video games or let your teenager watch a scary movie. It might hurt their minds, or at least disturb them. However, these types of media will never have any agency beyond the mental one, as long as they are educated to not become school shooters like a certain Finnish theorist.
Also, if you have a gentle heart, please don't look at what Chris Chan did that got him/her to prison. I don't really like trigger warnings, but such things are not good even for some adults. I found it absurd when I've heard of it myself.
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