Meaning is not the same as mechanism
A tradition can matter deeply without needing a modern scientific explanation attached to it.
People inherit practices because they carry memory, identity, belonging, discipline, grief, celebration or sacred meaning. Sometimes a practice also has a measurable material effect. Sometimes it does not. The mistake is assuming the second must exist to justify the first.
Keeping meaning and mechanism distinct usually makes both easier to understand.
KEEP THE QUESTION MOVING
Three ways to continue.
Letters
Step back for the longer view.
Weekly reflections that connect books, evidence, traditions and the questions between them.
Continue there ↗Reading journeysFollow the question across boundaries.
Move between books, discovery and living traditions instead of staying inside one archive.
Choose a route ↗Ask AadvikWhat should be investigated next?
Send a book, idea, claim, mystery or tradition that deserves a closer look.
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