Habitability threshold exceeded. The Surveyor AI's message rippled through the Colony Ship, awakening the Autopilot — who powered up the braking jets — and the Automated Medic, whose voice ...

Environment What Cargo Cult Rituals Show Us About Human Nature Indigenous Melanesian practices may be more universal than they seem. Posted May 5, 2023 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods ...

We didn’t have an Agile project at all: What we had was an Agile methodology cargo cult. Cargo cults developed in Melanesia, starting in the 19th century, but really grew during World War II.

In particular, this book, along with Feynman's 'cargo cult' address, would be wonderful components to any class dealing with ethics in science. Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts.

In the 1974 commencement address at the California Institute of Technology, Richard Feynman spoke about guarding against “cargo cult science.” Cargo cults, he explained, were south Pacific pre ...

THE villagers of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, together with those of Fiji's military dictatorship where living standards have been dropping precipitously, make up most of the ...

'Last Cargo Cult' is loaded with laughs -- and insight. January 15, 2010. By Peter Marks. Finally, the banking system has met its match. In "The Last Cargo Cult," the inimitable Mike Daisey http ...

After all, cargo cult rituals were directly copied from another cohesive unit: the U.S. Army. To an outsider, the actions of Melanesians may seem naïve or misguided.