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> But then, later, I'd see them making the exact same argument to someone else. When someone continues to cargo culting useful fragments of knowledge instead o
by pdkl95 7y ago
> But then, later, I'd see them making the exact same argument to someone else.
When someone continues to cargo culting useful fragments of knowledge instead of actually learning how/why those fragments actually work, the cargo cult behavior tends to incorporate increasing levels of magical thinking.
A good example of an extreme form of this are the "sovereign citizens" that try to use their "creative" reinterpretations of legal code and procedure almost as an incantation or spell. The like to read from Black's Law Dictionary as if it was a grimoire.