Except for the marriage part.https://twitter.com/MaeDfrog/status/928983424815288321 …
Is simplification the goal in life? Rituals enrich life. They imbue meaning to things, which is good because people work better together when they share a sense of purpose.
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I am replying to what he said. He said they simplify things. What you say is equally nonsensical. A ritual does not objectively imbue "meaning" into anything, its all in your head my friend. People can work together better when they share a purpose, make it a real one.
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They do simplify things. The complexity of the ritual is to imprint a memory within the participants. It acts as a symbolic boundary which shifts the fundamental nature of social reality. After that, everything is simpler.
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But come, try to actually answer my previous critiques, rather than resort to ad hominem. Ill give you some new ones as well. By what objective, observable, measurable mechanism do complex rituals imprint memories within participants?
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How does a "symbolic boundary" shift the fundamental nature of social reality? Again, what mechanism? What peer reviewed sources can you cite to show that it "makes everything simpler" (and how would that be measured)?
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@GPSolomon do you think it's good for kids to play made-up games with each other, insofar as it leads to more success in relationships later in life? -
What do you mean by made up games?
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@GPSolomon I'll wrap up my point - it's a stretch since play is not ritual, but both are similar to a dream-like state. A marriage ceremony or kids making up games: they are constructs which encode values useful for the "more real" challenges in life. -
A dream like state? More woo. There is nothing remotely similar to dreams and play (or marriage or other rituals, for that matter). You guys need more science, less Deepak Chopra.
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