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wat10000 a day ago

This is basically the argument for respecting and following traditions even if nobody can explain why they're done.

clickety_clack a day ago | parent [-]

I’ve become a lot more circumspect about pushing through Chesterton fences as I’ve gained more experience in life.

I used to believe that we could determine a basis for most decisions from first principles. However, that requires a level of complete a priori knowledge that’s simply unattainable except for extremely niche situations.