Personally, aside from whether I was persuaded to abandon the metaphor, I found the history fascinating and informative. I actually remember being taught the ap

Personally, aside from whether I was persuaded to abandon the metaphor, I found the history fascinating and informative. I actually remember being taught the apparently incorrect version of the origin of cargo cults in an anthropology class, so this was useful to me. HN seems put off by the tone. Perhaps if he had positioned it more like "People who use the term 'cargo cult' are mostly idiots who have no idea what it really means. I went all the way down the rabbit hole to uncover the truth for you dumbasses. Now you too can sneer at your colleague for trying to sound smart and miserably failing."