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The point is that the islanders were not mistaking effect for cause, but simply believing some wrong things. For example, they were clearing the airstrips, not
by prmph 2y ago
The point is that the islanders were not mistaking effect for cause, but simply believing some wrong things.
For example, they were clearing the airstrips, not because they believed that doing so caused the cargo to appear, but simply to facilitate the delivery of the cargo if and when it came.
- modeless 2y agoThis is false. The quoted National Geographic article explicitly claims that they built airstrips and radio towers to attract cargo. Time Magazine, too, claims that they believed their rituals would cause the cargo to be delivered. I'm not saying every cargo cult worked this way. I'm saying cargo cults that worked this way did exist according to the very sources quoted by the article, which it does not dispute.