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Is the Brain Like a Computer?
Anthropologist Bronzil of Malinowski noticed that in the Trowbrind Islands, local fishermen would perform a lot of rituals before going out to fish. He surmised this was because fishing in the ocean is dangerous and uncertain. Within the last couple of decades, we now have tangible evidence that ritual actually helps alleviate anxiety.