[downer70]

Bah! Cargo cult is a much more nuanced concept. That primitive peoples would blindly imitate in pantomime, the behaviors of an industrialized society, disembodied from the original roots of said behaviors is a deeply shocking outcome. There are so many perverse implications to that, that one almost hates to admit it happened, and still continues to this day.

This on the other hand is like profiling someone's personality based on their choice of ringtone, t-shirts or bumper stickers. It's not very interesting to learn that such choices map well with demographics.

[feral]

I was not direct referring to the sociological/anthropological concept of a 'cargo cult'.

I am instead making reference to Richard Feynman's commencement speech, titled 'Cargo Cult Science' (see link I provided) in which he talks about what is necessary for good science.