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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @sonyasupposedly @sonyaellenmann @niftierideology

      anything that has existed for > 1,000 years must have some component of meaning

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    2. niftierideology‏ @niftierideology 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @MorlockP @sonyaellenmann

      Costly loyalty signals must be absurd to work, so a long-lived, popular loyalty signal is merely that much more absurd.

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    3. @simpolism‏ @simpolism 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @niftierideology @MorlockP @sonyaellenmann

      Tradition, especially as performed by one's ancestors, has an inherent allure. It feels meaningful because it promises to connect you to a broader narrative/history, i.e. it promises transcendence.

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    4. @simpolism‏ @simpolism 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @simpolism @niftierideology and

      Prayer also promises transcendence on a more local level: you become one with the congregation, all synchronized in embodied, productive action. Raves exploit this same dynamic of collective embodied action to move beyond self, "orgiastic states." Society needs more of them.

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    5. niftierideology‏ @niftierideology 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @simpolism @MorlockP @sonyaellenmann

      Sure, but these things involve negative social costs of varying severity. Mesoamerican human sacrificial rituals offer transcendence... but they're bad and wrong.

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    6. @simpolism‏ @simpolism 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @niftierideology @MorlockP @sonyaellenmann

      On its most basic level, going into a room with nine other people and singing some songs together wont have many negative externalities. The concrete ritual practice of religious groups isn't typically the reason why they're Bad.

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    7. niftierideology‏ @niftierideology 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @simpolism @MorlockP @sonyaellenmann

      Rituals aren't necessarily bad, I just think if you participate in rituals you should choose ones that are complementary to your goals, and that one may judge rituals which are incompatible with one's goals as being harmful on a macro scale.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @niftierideology @simpolism @sonyaellenmann

      perhaps one should also look at wisdom of the crowds, Chesteron fences, etc., when picking one's own goals. If millions of people for thousands of years have had a goal X, it's worth considering, and goal !X is worth reconsidering

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        2. niftierideology‏ @niftierideology 2 Jan 2018
          Replying to @MorlockP @simpolism @sonyaellenmann

          Personally, I suspect that the most popular rituals are actively hurting progress towards becoming a Type I Civilization because they bind people to communal beliefs which either anti-correlate with that goal or are merely inconsequential to it

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        3. @simpolism‏ @simpolism 2 Jan 2018
          Replying to @niftierideology @MorlockP @sonyaellenmann

          I don't see communal beliefs as acting in opposition to global-scale technological progress. Other global-scale beliefs (various strains of evangelism, which are NOT inherent in communal ritual practice: see Judaism) are the main opposition.

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