[dustbitying]

humans are natural "copy-cats". this is how kids learn.

so why are ideas imitated? it's human nature.

and not only humans, other apes are known to do this "monkey see, monkey do"

there was an interesting experiment in that human children, as opposed to chimpanzees, would imitate the nonsensical aspects of behavior, making it as though chimpanzees are more 'rational' or more 'logical' than human kids.