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?
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I think I resist this because it seems like everything that’s supposed to be vestigial in biology actually has a function
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take your pick, lots of theories - the organ seems to be highly conserved though onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.111
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maintains a reservoir of gut bacteria to reboot your system if the ones in your digestive tract die off
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