In this episode Dave and Jonathan ramble on about cargo cults and how humans
develop ritualistic behaviors that completely miss the point of what they are
trying to accomplish. In programming, business management and even in science
itself there are many examples of people doing silly things while appearing to
look like they are working.
links:
Animal superstition [https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1948-04299-001]
Easily hacked certificate authorities (Diginotar)
[https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/3/]
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