Well that's a meta argument if their ever was one and a good point. Let me summarise at a more abstract level; people are eager to differentiate from others be

Well that's a meta argument if their ever was one and a good point. Let me summarise at a more abstract level; people are eager to differentiate from others because to be honest we're pretty boring and uninterestif, myself included. They do this by clinging onto all sorts of irrational non-scientific beliefs. Some of these become almost ritualistic'(squirting breast milk on a child's head rather than using dentinox to cure cradle cap). Then these beliefs turn into packs and factions primarily for maintaining supposed differentials and rituals. Other people don't care (like myself) but are somewhat vexed at the suggestion our time needs to be wasted on such things at every available opportunity. This is a bad human trait that manifests itself in many ways.