The practice of imitating someone but not getting anything useful out of it. The religious school of thoughts that interact with the technological advancement of the Western world end up in imitating those practices in an inefficient manner. With the lack of complete knowledge of advancement, cargo-generating opportunities are created which lead to the creation of landing strips and much radios etc., but without any material benefits for the people or region.
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Originated from/Coined by
Richard Feynman
Further Reading/ References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_sciencet
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-useful-936f1cc405d