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4gotunameagain
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Leeches and the legitimizing of folk-medicine
The ritual is the entire evolutionary societal mechanism that allowed us to use plants as medicine, or safely prepare toxic foodstuff.
This is the very nature of evolution; not all rituals will make sense. The ones that do, prevail.
__alexs
5 months ago
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Science is itself a form of ritual for sure. I didn't say we shouldn't have rituals and I support your right to chew on a tree if that's what you want to do.
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This is the very nature of evolution; not all rituals will make sense. The ones that do, prevail.