translation.en: If a guy from Mars came down and saw, here's one guy blowing out the fire on top of a cake versus another guy not wearing clothes of mixed fabrics, would the Martians say, 'Well, that guy, he makes sense, but that guy's crazy?'" So no, I think that rituals are, by nature, irrational.
translation.zh: 如果一个来 自火星的家伙看到, 他会说：" 这有一个家伙吹熄蛋糕上面的火" 对比于另一 个不穿混纺衣服的人, 火星人会 说"噢,这家伙很理性, 但是那家伙 很疯狂"吗? 不会,所 以,那些仪式是不理性的。