Cargo cults are behaviors that arise from observing something and then misunderstanding it being caused by a specific thing you control.<p>They first came into prominence during WW2, when native tribes would observe food and other goods literally <i>dropping from the sky</i> for no apparent reason. See <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cargo_cult#Pacific_cults_of_World_War_II" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cargo_cult#Pacific_cults_of_Wo...</a>