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>Basically, slavishly copying someone else's actions without actually understanding the underlying principle behind those actions.

And it should be noted that this works really well much of the time, which is why humans often do it. A deep understanding can be beneficial if you're capable of grasping it, but if we're honest, most people aren't.



Yeah but the idea of the expression is to apply it in situations where it clearly isn't working. If it works you don't call it a cargo cult anymore




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