> not only do people often not understand what their cultural practices are doing, but sometimes it may even be important that they don't understand what their

> not only do people often not understand what their cultural practices are doing, but sometimes it may even be important that they don't understand what their practices are doing or how they work. this is so wrong, it's "not even wrong". It's always important to determine why something worked or didn't. If we did not do that, we would never be able to produce enough food to feed ourselves. Ignorance and blind adherence to nonsense is what creates famines in the first place.