It's a really funny thing, tradition: people tend to believe it represents something that has existed for ages without changing, even though we often have no re

It's a really funny thing, tradition: people tend to believe it represents something that has existed for ages without changing, even though we often have no real proof of that (none of us have been around for more than one lifetime after all). I suspect most traditions are more about the collective belief that a shared social ritual is rock-solid and unchanging, and people taking comfort in that, than whether or not it really is.