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just cause something is an ancient tradition practiced over hundreds of years by smart people does *not* mean it's right it's not very hard to think of many worldviews people intensely studied and defended through the ages that turned out to be completely untrue or cruel

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Lindyness =/= “true” but indicates memetic utility, no?

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yea! imo a lot of utility is now 'outdated' due to rapid tech change, like birth control and women's rights

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Oof, that is very dubious. Most of society's greatest struggles right now are at heart the mistaken insistence that gender norms are now obsolete due to birth control.