Bryce Wilson
Bryce Wilson asked Jason Pargin:

I came across this interesting heresy in the midst of a rabbit hole: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcionism) Is this perhaps a clue to why Marconi was defrocked (or quit)?

Jason Pargin The interesting thing is I actually can't remember how I came up with Marconi's name though usually I have SOME reason, even if it's just some trivial connection or in-joke. I know I didn't just type it randomly so it's entirely possible I ran into this bit of information in an article back in 1997 or whatever and decided to use that name for the one person who would notice the connection. It's also possible I named him after the inventor Marconi who invented radio (the spirit world as a spiritual metaphor comes up in the first book a couple of times and repeatedly in the original online stories). Or maybe it was both idk

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