Is there a word or concept like "derationalization"? Where a process/practice/ritual/ceremony once had a meaningful rationale that has since been forgotten and no longer applies and is now sustained by random other bullshit rationalizations or sheer inertia?
cc: @literalbanana
Hmm no, that would be too broad. Many traditions do in fact have coherent rationalizations that still work reasonably well. Like say fasting traditions