Also, where I'm originally coming on the cargo cult idea is from software engineering, not in the hundred years I'm apparently behind in philosophy. That's why I relate it to fallibility of knowledge, in that it's an example of people doing something with sufficient knowledge, but not the necessary knowledge for something to happen (e.g., when the tribal cultures built the landing strips, but no airplanes landed).

#464, posted at 2010-09-07 19:52:25 in Language; Literature; Writing