My issue with this viewpoint is, it’s survivor bias in its purest form. We try our best to learn from history, and I think we can reasonably accept that the tr

My issue with this viewpoint is, it’s survivor bias in its purest form. We try our best to learn from history, and I think we can reasonably accept that the tradition that got perpetuated up until now might not be optimal, and is only “wisdom” until it’s widely proven wrong. Problem is, it can take centuries to finally accept that it was wrong (and boy do we have deeply wrong views of the world and humans, that took centuries to prove wrong, and we’re not there yet) That’s why I’m not fond of labelling tradition as “wisdom” when we should keep a critical view of it, and be open to chalenge these at any situation where it matters to not screw it.