Buckets of Steam and Left-handed Hammers. The Fool’s Errand as Signal of Epistemic and Coalitional Dominance
In various professional groups, experts send rookies on absurd tasks as a joke. The fool’s errand appears in factories and hospitals, in elite schools and scout camps, among soldiers, sailors, and airmen. Why are newcomers deceived and humiliated, and why are pranks relatively similar and remarkably...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 22, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-19 |
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coalitional psychology
B epistemic vigilance B hazing B Deception B Folklore B dominance |
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