There's a story of someone asking why this lady is cutting the ends off of the roast before cooking it.

She answers, "I'm not sure, that's how my mom did it."

So they ask the mom, who answers, "I'm not sure, that's how my mom always did it."

So they ask the grandma, and the grandma answers, "The oven was too small so I had to cut the ends off to fit it."

This line of questioning reminds me of bitcoiners. We don't trust, we verify. We don't do "Because I said so's", we want to know WHY, so we can make actually informed decisions and choose paths that actually work!