Religion

TLDR - Summary Religion, particularly traditional ones, serves as an abstraction of complex philosophies, much like layers in computing and mathematics. While these abstractions simplify concepts for the masses, they also require faith. This faith connects individuals to the accumulated knowledge and societal structures developed over millennia. Rejecting faith often leads to a disconnection from these deep-rooted philosophies, which have historically guided and improved human societies.

Similarities in complex systems Academic level mathematics is close to Religion in the sense that it is a post hoc analysis of a phenomenon, represented in laws and formulas. So the application of simple formulas become the (very) useful application of the science, just as customs when it comes to religions. One can easily see how denouncing the formulas, theories, axioms and laws entirely created by a Newton or an Einstein or the generations of great minds, without ever understanding the core concept at play, does more harm than good.