"It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor" https://www.righto.com/2025/01/its-time-to-abandon-cargo-cult-metaphor.html

I already thought it was time to retire just because the way it was presented always felt... uncomfortable, to say the least. But this article presents a whole bunch of reasons.

@cwebber That was a great read.

I wish I could think of a good replacement metaphor for “imitation without true understanding that sometimes worked before”.

@marshray @cwebber "received wisdom" it sometimes is used to suggest something is true, though, it only gets at the untested nature of the "wisdom".

I do have a better story example though. A cook who always cuts the end off the roast, says she does it because her mother taught her that way, because her grandmother taught her mother that way. They thinksit's needed for the recipe, maybe it makes it juicier? But when asked, her grandmother says, "it's because the roasts we buy from the shop didn't fit in my oven".