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Cargo cult (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Reminiscent of the Arthur Clarke maxim that any technology, sufficiently advanced (in this case compared to that available in mid 20th century Polynesia) is indistinguishable from magic.