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It would be interesting to find out why a large number of people upvoted a blog post about a simple harmless misunderstanding. Was it the phrase "cargo cult"? F
by return0 14y ago
It would be interesting to find out why a large number of people upvoted a blog post about a simple harmless misunderstanding. Was it the phrase "cargo cult"? Feynman wrote about the same thing in science : http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/3043/1/CargoCult.pdf http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/3043/1/CargoCult.pdf
- AndrewNCarr 14y agoMy observation of HN is that any link title mentioning cargo cult or skeuomorphism is upvoted into orbit. It is worth reading the wikipedia article on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult I've always thought the idea was linked to the concept of the Outside Context Problem, as a temporary case (the US service personnel eventually left, giving rise to the cult). Iain Banks purportedly coined this term and uses this as the basis of his novel Excession: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outside_Context_Problem#Outside_Context_Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outside_Context_Problem#Outsid... Amusingly, Banks also had a ship named Cargo Cult in another Culture novel (The Player of Games).